Passage 7

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So for what we call humanness to become divinity, the Name alone is essential.

Whatever work you are doing, do it with God in mind

Whatever work we are doing, we must enter into it with God in mind. We must not give our life over merely to worldly and material things. This thing called Manas is a great shrew. That is why even Arjuna prayed to Śrī Kṛṣṇa in many ways to restrain it, and went on asking Him what its nature is. ‘Cañcalaṃ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramādī balavaddṛḍhaṃ.’ He prayed to be taught the way to restrain this Manas, strong, stubborn and restless. The minds of you young people are even more like a crazy monkey. If we mean to check such a monkey, we must by deliberate effort bring forth the divine power within us. If we try to check it in an ordinary way, we fail. If we always rely on it, we sink still lower. We must make some effort to put it out of mind. When this mind goes wandering off on some crazy path, we must set about turning it, by deliberate effort, onto the sacred path.

In our Āndhra country there lived a great scholar. He wrote a most wonderful book. The book even won an award. This was announced in the newspapers as well. The scholar's friend heard the news, was very glad, and one evening came to his house to offer his congratulations. ‘Hello! Hello! My brother!’ Many thanks, many thanks,’ he said. For, ‘You have written a magnificent book.