How can one attain liberation from animal-like lives?

[Ishita Iyyer asked: Swamiji, how does one become aware of one’s true purpose in life? Why are humans entangled in the same cycle like animals, where we eat, drink, sleep and live our life immersed in material problems. How does a soul attain liberation from all this? - Ishita Iyyer]

Swami replied: The difference between animals and human beings is only that human beings have the facility of a greater intelligence, which can be applied in their family life as well as in their spiritual life. Regarding the enjoyment of materialistic life, both categories have common aspects like eating, drinking, sleeping etc. One must please God in worldly life as well as in spiritual life. For animals, spiritual life is totally absent and worldly life is also without any justice. We see several human beings leading such an unjust worldly life, without even a trace of spiritual life. As per their interest, they are reborn as animals because the same unjust worldly life exists in animals. God has not done any injustice to them because, what they wanted, was given to them by God. Based on their interest, a human form is unnecessary for them. The human form is meant only for those interested in leading a worldly life of justice along with spiritual life. If one does not follow a worldly life of justice along with a divine spiritual life, one will certainly enter the cycles of animal births and it is perfectly justified based on one’s chosen interest.

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