In the World But Not of It

I speak and yet I am silent;
I have died, but am alive;
I live among people,
though in truth, I do not;
I appear to enjoy,
but in fact have renounced;
I am in the world,
and yet out of it;
I have broken free of all bonds.
I am not what I appear to be, O Tuka.
You want to know?
Ask the Lord what I really am.
_{Tukaram, Saint of Maharashtra}

Q: Master, is it possible to turn from rocky to completely fertile [ground] in one life?

A: He knows best. He can do anything.
  He can take you right from the barren ground to his own level.
The Lord can make a king of anyone.
_{Maharaj Charan Singh, Light on Saint Matthew}