The body and soul...

The soul is sustained by God, by the Supreme Being,
by God Himself.

The body can be sustained by a cup
of tea and food, but the food of the soul is God Himself;
it cannot be satisfied with anything less.

It wants only
that.

And so it goes on crying, and until that is got it
won't become quiet.

And though body can be satisfied
with little things, the soul cannot be satisfied with
anything but God.

Only when it comes in contact with
God, it loses itself.

And when it has contacted Him and
has realized it, it feels happy then and, only then.



- Swami Krishnananda

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Facets of Spirituality
Complied by S. Bhagyalakshmi
Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1986