Many eminent persons have declared their belief in the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. The Brotherhood of Man is considered a great ideal. But the Gita has presented a higher ideal. Brotherliness is considered as a great quality. But we know how brothers fall out, take their differences right up to the Supreme Court and ruin their families. How can the-mere fact of being brothers be considered a great virtue in itself? The Gita commends the ‘Ekatma bhava,’ the feeling that ‘One spirit dwells in all beings.’ It declares that the Atma residing in all beings is one and the same. ‘Eko vasi bhootha antharaatma,’ declares the Gita (The indwelling Spirit in all beings is One). Nor is that all. It also declares that all human beings in the world are a fragment of the Divine. How many are aware of this truth and how many are living up to this pronouncement? Very few, indeed. In spite of the prodigious propagation of the Gita, how many are practising its teachings? How many are leading exemplary lives? Few. In this situation, it is enough if you adhere to one thing. You have no need to study any books to contemplate on God or earn God’s love. (SSS Vol.21, p. 57)