In English
There is the equal-mindedness relating to wisdom. We should recognise that God is present everywhere and that the recognition of the oneness of God is the basis of all religion. When what really exists is only One, there is no room for any difference in attitudes. The same life force that is present in an elephant is also present in a dog or in a cow. Since this life force present in all is one and the same, we observe that everything is an aspect of the divine. So long as you have the feeling of ownership or so long as you keep saying, “Mine, Mine, Mine,” you will not have a chance to observe things other than yours. So long as you have this attitude you will be never able to understand what is not yours. On the day when you give up the idea of some things being yours, you will really understand this aspect of equanimity. You must reduce your attachment to things. Because through the body, some attachments come up, we talk of relationship. The bad qualities that are present in us are responsible for this. So long as jealousy and ego are uppermost in your mind, God will be at a distance from you. When you are able to get rid of these qualities, God will come close to you. To think that one has not gone closer to God, is only a symptom of his own ignorance. The same item can give you happiness at one time and sorrow at other times. For such changes, hatred, ego and jealousy are responsible.