The span of life allotted to man is very short; the world on which he lives is very wide; time extends far behind and far beyond. What little man has to do here has to be done quickly, at the place that is assigned to him and within the time that is allotted to him. And, man has such a formidable task before him; it is to fulfill it that he has come as man, exchanging for this habitat all the merit he has acquired during many past lives. The task is no less than the manifestation of the Divinity latent in man.
(SS Jan 1995, back cover)
