If only you can listen to the good words of the elders and follow the straight path contained in the words of your elders, there is every chance of you becoming wise. Therefore, you must make an attempt to sanctify all the limbs of your body and engage them to undertake the right type of work. Simply because God has given you hands, if you use them to do wrong things, even the hands will dry up and become like dry wood and useless. It is in this context that Prahlada said that if you cannot use your hands for praying to God, they are useless. If you cannot use your mouth to sing the praise of the Lord, then your mouth will be useless. If you are born in such a way that you neither use your hands nor your mouth in praise to the Lord, your birth itself is a burden to your parents. No useful purpose will be served by your being born as a human being. Divyatma Swarupas! For a moment, think of the good fortune of your birth as a human being. Youth of today should remember the sacredness of a human being and also bear in mind the prosperity they can bring to the society of which they are a part. They should think of the welfare of the country. – Summer Showers, Jun 13, 1974.