In plain words
Art is out side, heart is inside. Art should come from the heart. All Art comes from the heart. They forget the Heart. They attract the Art. That is just how it is with the modern students of today. The other day at Prasanthi Nilayam I told the children this. Today's modern students are turning out like the giraffe. The Giraffe has a very long neck. The head is in one place and the heart in another. So with students too, their thinking is in one place and their heart in another. This is the Giraffe's form. What they think is one thing. What they do is another. Because things are like this, humanity is wasting away to some extent. Manasyekaṃ vacasyekaṃ karmaṇyekaṃ mahātmanam: the oneness of these three is what was called the proper study of mankind is man. Only then does he become a man. If he thinks one thing in his mind, says another with his mouth and does yet another with his hand, he is not a man. He becomes lower than a demon. We must clearly recognise the essence of studies. Studies are not only for the supreme goal of life. There must also be a living. Not only a living. There must also be the supreme goal of life. The balance of the two. As two wings matter to a bird, as two legs support a man, as two wheels support a cart, so man must have both this world and the world beyond. "What is the beyond? We do not understand it! Why should we hold on to what we do not understand?" we may think. It is what we do not understand that shows us the meaning. You see the whole world. You say, "everything, everything." In My view, everything is nothing nothing is everything. You must recognise this well. What we do not see, what we do not hear, what we do not understand: that alone is what shows us.
‘The unseen alone makes us eat the fruit of our karmas’, O jīva: what is not seen is what makes us eat our karma. We must hold on to what is not seen. What use is there in holding on to what is seen? There is a tree. It has grown big. Flowers have bloomed in plenty. It has borne fruit. The fruits are all there. If you pour water on the fruits, it falls. If you pour water on the flowers, they drop off. But you must pour water on the roots. Only when we water the unseen root do we become fit to receive the fruits and flowers that are seen. In the same way, we must not take what is supported without looking into what supports it. We must make one the three: the power of will, the power of knowing and the power of action. The potter has learnt how pots are made. Does the mere knowing turn them into pots? No. To make pots, he must bring the clay. He must work it well, tread it and make it soft. Does this alone turn them into pots? No. They must be made. That is the power of action. That he must make pots is the power of knowing.