In plain words
The mind alone is the cause of man's life, of his bondage and of all his honour; the mind is what matters for Mukti; the mind brings sorrow, and makes him forget himself.
Embodiments of Prema!
The mind is a most subtle power. It comes to us only through the food we eat. This is the very dialogue that took place between Uddālaka and Śvetaketu in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad. Clean, pure food alone holds within it a pure mind. People with a pure mind are full of feeling, full of Prema and full of strength. A pure mind is like a sharpened knife. The culture of a pure mind is Vijñāna itself. Only one who has such a pure mind can master the mind.
In the ocean of the mind, the waves called thoughts keep heaving without end. A man who has mastered his mind can light up the very world by his divine nature. Just as sweet-smelling incense sticks spread their fragrance in all ten directions, so the influence and the purity of a man with a pure heart spread in all ten directions through the whole world. Thoughts are like a substance. Just as we give things to others and take things from them, thoughts too can be given and taken. Thoughts also have six attributes. A thought is made up of these six kinds of qualities: weight, form, quality, size, power and colour. When we keep a campaka flower in our hand, its fragrance spreads to the one who holds it and to the places all around him. In the same way, when we hold a foul-smelling flower in our hand, it passes its stench to us and to the places all around us. So too, good thoughts or bad thoughts spread over the one who thinks them and over the places around him, and pass on good or bad.