the body... a mere cage of the soul...

Once a man asked him, `` Sir, you are a Yogi .Why do you not put your mind a little on your body and cure your disease ? At first he did not answer , but when the question had been repeated , he gently said, `` My friend , I thought you were a sage , but you talk like other men of the world.This mind has been given to the Lord .Do you mean to say that I should take it back and put it upon the body which is but a mere cage of the soul ?------------Swami Vivekananda