“ The soul, identified with the body, loses its consciousness of omnipresence and becomes identified with the trials and misfortunes of a small ego ”
Source: God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita
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What is meditation? Becoming one with the soul. It means banishing the consciousness of being related to the body and to human limitations and trying to remember that one is a soul. 
Meditation is the greatest way of resurrecting your soul from the bondage of the body. Meditate! Meditate at the feet of the Infinite. 
There is no security anywhere in this world; at any time your consciousness may be forced to give up the body by disease or misfortune 
When suffering comes it is more difficult to detach your consciousness from identification with the body; so be wise and make the effort now, while you have strength and health 
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. 