“Dedicate all to the Lord; that is genuine contentment. Birds and beasts are content with what they can get. Man alone is afflicted with insatiable desires. Contentment is the most precious wealth; greed brings misery in its train. Those who want to have the experience of Divinity must possess some important qualities in the first instance. They are patience and perseverance, purity of body and mind, love coupled with an intense yearning, a steady and unchanging mind, sense control, intense yearning, equanimity in the face of odds, unflinching faith, and total contentment in everything. Be happy with what you have. Why do you worry about something you do not have? Do not crave things that you do not have. This is your real sadhana (spiritual discipline). When you are not satisfied with what you have and constantly worry about what you do not have, how can you experience happiness? Therefore be content with what you have, and share it with others. Do not get attached to worldly things and pursuits. Be in the world, but do not let the world be in you. Work disinterestedly, content to do your duty as best as you can. Have no desires to place before God, for, whatever He does with you, however He treats you, is the gift He likes best to give you!”