All worldly knowledge changes with time and deludes your intellect. For this reason, our ancient sages dedicated their lives to the acquisition of Atma Jnana, which is changeless and illumines the intellect. Some qualities are necessary for earning such wisdom. Sarve Loka Hito Ratah – Desire the welfare of all beings by engaging in actions that benefit others. We should cultivate readiness to serve. Your education should equip you better to render service. Then you will evoke true respect from others. Sarve Jnana Sampannah – Students should excel in all forms of knowledge. This is also called ‘awareness’. You should understand and experience all the angles of a situation. Worldly subjects grant you competence within a narrow scope. Spiritual knowledge is complete and enables one to grasp all fields of knowledge. This is ‘total awareness’. Sarve Samudita Gunaihi – the student must embody every virtue or guna. What is meant by guna? Traditionally, the three qualities of creation are called gunas. Indeed, virtue is the union and balance of these three gunas. In practice, it is very important to disregard the faults of others and to express your own Divinity. This is true guna. – Summer Showers, May 30, 1995.