A person who is steeped in ignorance is considered to be no better than an animal. Such a person’s life is centred only on sense-gratification. His thoughts never go beyond the senses because of his ignorance of the Divinity within him. He deems the transient earthly pleasures as heavenly bliss and lives in delusion devoid of discrimination. Every man must make an effort to rise to humanness, shedding his animal and demonic qualities, and then strive to realise his divine nature. When Jesus was born, three kings came to his birthplace. They gave expression to three different views about the newborn baby. One, looking at the infant, said: “This child looks like one who will be a lover of God.” Second king said: “God will love this child.” The third king declared: “Verily, this child is God Himself.” The first one viewed the child from the physical point of view. The second saw the child from the mental viewpoint. The third saw from the spiritual point of view. These three declarations indicate how one can progress from the human to the divine level. What is needed is the destruction of animal and demonic qualities in man. – Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1992.