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need certain things, but when we are mature, the need changes. All these needs are relevant to a certain stage. But there is something which is not periodical, which is not transient, but is permanent. In order to realize God in life, we have first to distinguish between the permanent and the ephemeral.
For this we will need to use those gifts which are inherent in us. An aware person can use his gifts for this upliftment. However, if he is unaware, if he has no guide, if he keeps the wrong company, then his gifts may take him down instead. Watch what happens to a rich man's son. If he keeps the wrong company, then his friends, the society, he travels with will spoil his life; his money will take him down. But, if he has good guidance, with his money and time, he can lift himself and others as well. In the same way, you are blessed with your senses, a beautiful reasoning mind, and the enthusiasm to seek the truth. These are all gifts. You are well equipped; nothing is lacking in you. Whatever you need is stored in your laboratory. You have to just discover it. When an astronaut goes to the moon, everything is arranged for him in the space ship. You are like the space ship. Everything you need is there, you only have to know where it is. Don't doubt yourself. Don't say, "Nothing is in me." If you think that something is lacking, then your spiritual practice is not going to help you in any way; you have only to unfold what is there. Why do we have so much faith in a space ship and so little in ourselves? Nature
