In plain words
When a man takes up a deed he should not undertake and enters into it, after a few moments a command comes from the heart: this is not right, disgrace and dishonour will come of it, he must suffer punishment. If you notice this, it becomes clear that there are two within. Who is it that says, “Do it”? Who is it that says, “You must not”? On this ground we have to believe that within the aṅga there is a jaṅgama. That jaṅgama works only in a crowd, together with the saṅga. It is the jaṅgama that prompts the weighing of the eternal against the passing; the saṅga stands by as a companion to that weighing.
If a desire arises to go to Puttaparthi, at once a voice in the saṅga says, “Is Swami in Puttaparthi, or is He in Bangalore? It would be good to find out and then set out, would it not?” At that very moment a third offers the advice, “If you phone so-and-so, you will know.” A fourth puts questions: “Which way should I travel? By bus? By car? By rail?” Because a saṅkalpa is born in the aṅga, advice, doubts and problems spring up in the saṅga. Another, as though he were being most careful, says, “Think it over: once I get there, will Swami give an interview or not?” and drops a great stone right on the head! Then another, present within as the very form of feeling, stirs up fear: “Because of the mistakes you have made, Swami may not call you; He may send you away without calling you.” At once yet another comes in with comfort: “Swami is full of compassion, so there is nothing to fear; He will surely call you, comfort you, give you courage and send you off; go on!” He who in this way gives encouragement, courage and Ānanda from the seat of the heart is the Liṅga-svarūpa. He is not in Kailāsa; He dwells in the heart itself and gives light, Jñāna and Ānanda. If we develop inner vision, the darkness is destroyed, Ajñāna goes, and we can attain that Liṅga-svarūpa.
Today is the festival of Guru Pūrṇimā; its fruition is for the mind to reach the state of perfect fullness. Without that fullness, however many full-moon days may come, the darkness called Ajñāna does not go.
On Guru Pūrṇimā some people spend their time only in worldly business. Some take up such programmes as the worship of gurus and receiving upadeśa from the guru. But must we wait a whole year for worship and for the guru's upadeśa? Are these the marks of Bhakti and prapatti? No. On whatever day the heart stays pure, full and broad, far from unholy feelings, that very day is fulfilment. We must fill the mind with purity and Prema. However many stars of the Name there may be in the sky of the heart, when the moon called Prema does not shine, there is no light! Light comes through Prema alone.
When He who knows all, pervades all and has all power dwells in your heart, what do you lack?