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Animals cannot have any high thoughts; nor can the angels, or Devas, attain to direct freedom without human birth. If health were the end, we would be like animals; animals rarely become unhealthy. But we must always remember that these are only the means; the aim, the end, the goal, of all this training is liberation of the soul. If one undertakes to show the supreme goal, one finds few to listen to him. Even if he is, he must first show that he has done the duty of his own position; and then higher duties will come to him. The god then went back to the sage and said, "Sir, do you mean that the vital forces are the Self ?" The sage said, "Find out for yourself; thou art That." The god returned home once more, thinking that it was the mind, perhaps, that was the Self. He went back to the sage and said, "Sir, I do not think that the mind is the Self; did you mean that?" "No," replied the sage, "thou art That; find out for yourself." The god went home, and at last found that he was the Self, beyond all thought, one without birth or death, whom the sword cannot pierce or the fire burn, whom the air cannot dry or the water melt, the beginningless and endless, the immovable, the intangible, the omniscient, the omnipotent Being; that It was neither the body nor the mind, but beyond them all.

So he came back and said, "Sir, did you teach me that this body was the Self? If so, I see all bodies die; the Self cannot die." The sage said, "Find it out; thou art That." Then the god thought that the vital forces which work the body were what the sage meant. If one proposes to teach any science to increase the power of sense-enjoyment, one finds multitudes ready for it. In India they teach children never to eat until they have practiced or worshipped, and it becomes natural to them after a time; a boy will not feel hungry until he has bathed and practiced. As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery. Addressing mental health stigmatization is crucial in ensuring that individuals feel comfortable seeking the mental health support they need, especially during times of heightened psychological impact like the Covid-19 pandemic. It is crucial to provide mental health support and education to individuals of all ages, including children, the elderly, and healthcare workers, and to address stigmatization and social isolation.

This includes providing mental health support and education to children, the elderly, and healthcare workers, addressing their unique challenges, and ensuring access to appropriate resources. Additionally, ensuring access to healthcare services and addressing any concerns related to the virus are vital for their overall well-being. Healthcare Workers: Healthcare workers are on the frontlines of the Covid-19 crisis, facing immense pressure and stress. Where there is fire, or in water or on ground which is strewn with dry leaves, where there are many ant-hills, where there are wild animals, or danger, where four streets meet, where there is too much noise, where there are many wicked persons, Yoga must not be practiced. But, in a few days, he found out that that could not be the meaning of the sage, their master; there must be something higher. So, doubt comes to us as to whether there is any truth in these things or not; even the best of us will doubt sometimes: With practice, within a few days, a little glimpse will come, Yoga at home enough to give one encouragement and hope. It is the best instrument we have.

Therefore we have to keep the body in good health; we have to take care of what we eat and drink, and what we do. They went back to their people quite satisfied and said, "We have learned everything that was to be learned; eat, drink, and be merry; we are the Self; there is nothing beyond us." The nature of the demon was ignorant, clouded; so he never inquired any further, but was perfectly contented with the idea that he was God, that by the Self was meant the body. A god and a demon went to learn about the Self from a great sage. In human society, in the same way, too much wealth or too much poverty is a great impediment to the higher development of the soul. Even the Devas (gods) will have to come down again and attain to salvation through a human body. A current rushing down of its own nature falls into a hollow and makes a whirlpool, and, after running a little in that whirlpool, it emerges again in the form of the free current to go on unchecked.