In plain words
“Yad dṛśyaṃ tan naśyati”: all that we see is bound to vanish! Humanness is the Ātma principle, joined with divinity. Yet the more we look at the outer world, the more our unrest grows. The more we build up attachment and a taste for objects, the farther we move from Ānanda. As long as we cannot turn our tastes inward, for that long Ānanda will not be ours.
The Seer and the Seen
There are only two things in the world. One is the seer; the second is the seen. The seen may appear as many, but they are one! “Mṛtpiṇḍam ekaṃ bahu bhāṇḍa rūpaṃ, suvarṇam ekaṃ bahu bhūṣaṇāni”.... Just as the clay is one however many the pots, as the gold is one however many the ornaments, as the milk is one however many the kinds of cows, so the seer is one alone however many the things seen!
The world is inert. Pure consciousness is the Ātma principle. The working of the world is the joined form of the inert and consciousness. Without consciousness, the inert cannot move. For example, a fan is inert, but with current the fan turns. When you place a magnet near inert iron, the piece of iron moves. Though the world is inert, the cause of its movement is the Ātma principle alone. So consciousness itself is the Ātma's own nature, or the Ātma's own form.
The Eyes of Flesh Are Not Enough
What sees is the eye. What is seen is the seen. The seen, after some time, merges into the womb of time. So the seen and the eye of flesh are both inert! Eyes of flesh belong not only to human beings but also to demons, and to worms and insects too. They see, and we see too. For us, who have taken on the divine human body, to look with eyes of flesh and take delight like cattle, birds and wild beasts is laughable. This is the mark of ignorance. It is laughable. Having taken birth as a human being, so hard to gain, we must not delight in looking with eyes of flesh, but make the eye of wisdom blossom.