Man is just not a creature with hands and feet, eyes and ears, head and trunk; more than a total of all these organs and parts; they are but the crude image that came out of the mould. Later, they have to be ground scraped, polished, perfected, smoothed, softened, through the intellect and the higher impulses and the pure intentions and ideals. Then, man becomes the ideal candidate for Divinity, which is his real destiny. The impulses will be rendered pure and intentions will be raised to the higher level, if man but decides to dedicate all his deeds, words and thoughts to the Lord. For this, faith in One Supreme Intelligence, which conceived, conserves and consumes this Universe, is essential.

The next step is to be convinced of one’s own helplessness and distress at one’s grief. Then, surrender to that Intelligence is easily achieved. (SSS Vol. 6, p. 61)