The question of attaining Divinity is profound, but the solution is deceptively simple. No abstruse spiritual practice (sadhana) is required. Gajendra tussled with the crocodile for thousands of years! He fought hard, but on what basis? With his physical might, his personal ego. As long as you rely on ego-based powers of body, intellect, money and so on, you can never win. Ultimately Gajendra got exhausted. He realised his folly and called out, “Lord, forgive me! I have none other than You! Come and rescue me!” When he surrendered saying – “none other than You” – he was saved. Look at Arjuna. He prided himself on his intellect as well. In the Bhagavad Gita, till the eighth verse of the second chapter, Arjuna bombarded Krishna with a volley of questions! But he expended all his philosophy in a short while. After all, how far can human intellect go? Poor fellow, his lifelong accumulation of intellectual ideas was deflated in Krishna’s presence! Finally, he could not utter a word more and acceded with folded hands, “I shall do as You say (Karishye Vachanam Tava).” Then Krishna assured him, “Good! Come on, now I’ll teach you. Now you are My devotee. From this moment, I shall take care of you.” – Summer Showers, May 21, 1991.