Man did not come here to sleep and eat; he has come to manifest, by disciplined processes, the Divine in him. That is why he is called Vyakti, he who makes vyakta (clear) the shakti (power) that is in him—the Divine energy that motivates him. For this purpose, he has come endowed with this body and the intelligence needed to control it and divert it to useful channels of activity. You must achieve this by Dharma-nishtha and Karma-nishtha, steady pursuit of morality and good deeds. When you suffer from the burning sun, you are refreshed by a dip in the Godavari River. When your hearts are parched by the burning desire for equanimity, you must dip in the cool company of the spiritually great. Have a timetable for spiritual sustenance, just as you have now for physical sustenance. A breakfast of pious repetition of the Lord’s name (japa) and meditation (dhyana), a lunch hour of ritual worship of the Lord (puja), ‘tea and snacks’ of reading scriptures or sacred books (pravachanam) in the afternoon and a light dinner of devotional music (bhajan) in the early hours of the night. If you follow this regimen, you can sleep soundly and wake up refreshed.