When someone points out that something is wrong with my charkha, do I get angry? On the contrary, and fault found in it, I set right. The body too is exactly like this. The body is a tool with which to cultivate the field of the Lord. If it gets out of order, it should, of course, be set right forthwith. The body being an instrument, we should keep ourselves detached from it, and try to get rid of the defects in it. I am separate from this instrument; I am its master and owner; I make it work and receive its noble service. From childhood onwards, we should cultivate this attitude of remaining separate from the body.

9. As the spectator who stands apart from the game sees most clearly its merits and defects, it is only when we stand aloof from the body, mind and intellect that we can observe the merits and defects in them. Some people say, "My memory is getting feeble. Please tell me what to do about it." When a man says this, it is clear that he
looks on himself as different from his memory. He says, "My memory has become dull," as he might say of any other of his instruments, that it has lost its quality. 

One may mislay one's child, one may mislay one's book, but one cannot mislay oneself. When at the end he dies, the body it utterly lost and turns to nothing, but he himself remains the same. He is whole, and free from all diseases. This is a thing to understand. Once we understand this, we are released from many conflicts and difficulties.

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