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knowledge, the knowledge of soul, is
considered significant and given a place of
honour. The great souls of the world took their
lives to greater heights and were able to
transform this world. They achieved self-
realisation and succeeded in lifting themselves
above the worldly matters. The people who
submitted to greed, selfishness, egoism,
hedonism, and passions and followed the
course of 'eat, drink and be merry' mistaking
it for the aim of life, fall victim to strifes, worries,
tensions and desires, and passing through
different forms of life, keep on doing the
rounds of life and death process. They live
the lives of animals, who live just for worldly
enjoyment and a sort of 'body-worship'. They
fail to achieve the aim of human life.
Gita says, it is only in the human life
that self-realisation is possible. The other
forms of life are meant for material enjoyment
only. The birds and beasts do not know the