What you call as "my body" is something that you have gathered, what is the big deal about giving it back? you are making it such a big deal because you are so identified with the things you have gathered, you have become that. This is the essence of ignorance.
Additional information/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYMt6ySMOeY (Midnights with the Mystic: Conversations between Sadhguru and Cheryl Simone) (1:44:30)
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