Passage 15

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In plain words

I am the Vedānta. I am the knower of the Veda. All is filled with the Veda. Divinity itself is humanity. Daivaṃ mānuṣarūpeṇa: divinity has come in human form. So we must regard humanity as a sacred gift of grace. The one who throws away the prasāda is a fool. The one who enjoys it is blessed. The one who makes good the humanity God has given is the blessed one. Einstein earned crores. But in the end he grew weary of it all. At last he saw that to know oneself is what matters most. As far as one is from God, so far is God from one. How far are you from yourself? Near, surely. God and you are just as near. 'Dūrāt dūre antike ca': so the Veda declared. 'As far away as you think I am, so far away I am. As near as you think, so near I am. For far and near your feeling alone is the cause, not I.' It is man's own feelings that are putting God far away. If one sets the one mind right, everything falls into place.