Swamiji says …
“You need to be aware of the fact that you have another life to live once your soul ceases to live encased in the robe that it has donned in this lifetime…ie. your body. Your association with your body is so strong that you feel that you will live forever … that you have an eternal lease of life, but this assumption of yours is far from real … as you are living in a body that has been ‘rented’ to you by Him and the lease of your life is exclusively in His Hands. Is it possible for you to express your gratitude to Him by taking His name and thanking Him for every Grace and blessing as you traverse your journey of this lifetime? Repay your debt to Him in small instalments by doing good and only good … as that is what He expects from His most magnificent creation … you, a human being.
The karma that you have accumulated in your previous lifetimes determines whether you are born as a king’s offspring and enjoy the luxury of playing with golden toys … or take birth as a pauper’s child and play with clay toys…although the happiness derived by both the infants is of the same measure. What is of relevance is that irrespective of your standing in society every ‘karma’ of yours should enable you to be the King of that other beautiful world which you will inhabit after departing from this world … as He allows you to merge with Him … His reward for you, for your untiring, selfless, noteworthy ‘karma’. Aspire to be the King … the Ruler of the ‘Real’ world one day … by being humane and an exemplary human being in this ‘illusionary’ world which we take for ‘Real’ … as it the only way to reach there.