In plain words
Teachers and parents must instil self-confidence in the hearts of children. There is nothing in the world but the principle of the Ātma. That alone is the form of all. Whether it is said, ‘All this is the dwelling of the Lord’, or ‘Vāsudeva is all this’, or ‘The Lord of all beings’, all of it is the principle of the Ātma. Electric current enters bulbs, fans and machines, and does a different work in each. Each work has its own result. Yet the source of them all is the one current alone. In the same way, we must understand that it is the principle at the root and ground of the world. There is water in a glass. At the bottom of the water there is sugar. If you drink the water from the top, it is not sweet. If you stir it with a spoon, all the water becomes sweet. In the same way, the heart is a vessel. Worldly desires are the water. At the bottom of that water is the sugar called the principle of the Ātma. That is divinity. If you do the sādhana of stirring it with the spoon called Buddhi, the all-pervading principle of the Ātma is understood.
The work the hand does and the word the mouth speaks must both be one. One thing in the mind, one in the word, another in the deed: that is the mark of the wicked. One in mind, one in word, one in deed: that is the mark of the great-souled. The reason the number of the wicked is growing today is that the spiritual principle has been forgotten! Mind, word and deed, all three must become one. Children must practise this from this very age. In these days there is no one at all who truly serves the village people. You must take up the service of those whom no one cares for. Service to the village people is the karma that is your duty. Doing the karma that is one's duty is true education.
Heartfelt Prema is divine Prema
The Paramātma within us is with us at all times as our companion. That Paramātma dwells in our heart. In the word hṛdayamu, between the syllables hṛ and mu, there is daya. A heart that has daya is the temple of God. Without daya and Prema, nothing remains but hardness. If we fill ourselves with injustice, wrongdoing and ill conduct, where then will Prema come from?