Q432
What is the first sign of spiritual life ?
The first sign of spiritual life is vairagyam (detachment). If you have no vairagyam, you are illiterate so far as spiritual scholarship is concerned. Vairagyam is the ABC of sadhana. Vairagyam must become strong enough to make you discard the bondage of the senses.
(SSS Vol 3, pg 135)
O LORD, TAKE MY LOVE
O Lord, take my love, and let it flow in fullness of devotion to Thee;
O Lord, take my hands, and let them work incessantly for Thee;
O Lord, take my soul, and let it be merged in One with Thee;
O Lord, take my mind and thoughts, and let them be in tune with Thee;
O Lord, take my everything, and let me be an instrument to work for Thee.
What is the first sign of spiritual life ?
The first sign of spiritual life is vairagyam (detachment). If you have no vairagyam, you are illiterate so far as spiritual scholarship is concerned. Vairagyam is the ABC of sadhana. Vairagyam must become strong enough to make you discard the bondage of the senses. 
