What is the process by which the human becomes one with the Divine shedding the animal nature? Bhagawan clearly guides us today with a three-step process.

The body, the mind and the Atma, all three are involved in the human entity. They are inextricably interdependent. When they become disparate, life loses its meaning. When the body is subject to the mind and the mind is controlled by the Atma, life finds fulfilment. When the body alone is predominant, the human descends to the level of the animal. When the mind prevails over the body and the sensory organs, the human level is attained. When the Atma prevails over the mind and the body, Divinity is realised. Recognising this fact, the Gita has indicated a three-stage path to Divinity. Engaging the body in good deeds, using the mind to develop good thoughts and human qualities, and by contemplating on God through Upasana (worshipping the Divine) man reaches the stage when, like a river joining the ocean, he merges in the Brahman. This is the process by which the human becomes one with the Divine.