Passage 8

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In plain words

To think of one's own Ātma principle as Kṛṣṇa, to hold one's own heart to be Bṛndāvana, to turn one's own feelings into the Gopīs and so to try to experience Ānanda: that is the true essence. A person who has recognised the truth that God is in all loses this faith when it comes to his own affairs. Only when we are teaching others do we keep declaring this with great firmness and force. Because there is one thing for oneself and another for others, this looks divided. Such mad ideas arise only in the person who thinks of himself as separate and God as separate.

Today, when it comes to matters of God, people hold very narrow views

At the very first, the one who asked for peace to be made with the Kauravas and the peril of war averted was Arjuna himself, too! “War is no ordinary thing; so many innocent people will die. Many lineages will perish. The varṇas will become mixed. So, Kṛṣṇa! Avert the war and bring about the welfare of the world,” Arjuna prayed. Honouring Arjuna's wish, Kṛṣṇa went to the Kauravas as an envoy. Kṛṣṇa, too, meaning to avert such a peril, Himself tried in many ways for peace. In the end the wicked Duryodhana and Duśśāsana did not agree to it. When Kṛṣṇa came back and told Arjuna that they had not agreed to it, then, like the grapes out of reach that were sour, Arjuna turns round and changes his view. That is, people's feelings follow one path when there is a need. When the need is met, they follow another. Had they agreed, he would have been very glad indeed. Arjuna too knew that the Kauravas would not agree to it. When Kṛṣṇa came back, Arjuna says: