Science of Self Realization: Knowing the Purpose of Life

Chapter Eight, Attaining Perfection:[…] People go to church and say, “God, give us our daily bread.” Actually, if He did not give it to us, we would not be able to live. That is a fact. The Vedas also say that the one Supreme Personality supplies all the necessities of every other living creature. God is supplying food for everyone.

We human beings have our economic problem, but what economic problem is there in societies other than human society? The bird society has no economic problem. The species of life, and out of that, human society is very, very small.

So they have created problems–what to eat, where to sleep, how to mate, how to defend. These are a problem to us, but the majority of creatures–the aquatics, the fish, the plants, the insects, the birds, the beasts, and the many millions upon millions of other living creatures–do not have such a problem.

They are also living creatures. Don’t think that they are different from us. It is not true that we human beings are the only living creatures and that all others are dead. No. And who is providing their food and shelter? It is God.

The plants and animals are not going to the office. They are not going to the university to get technological education to earn money. So how are they eating? God is supplying. The elephant eats hundreds of pounds of food. Who is supplying? Are you making arrangements for the elephant? There are millions of elephants. Who is supplying?
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