In plain words
You must experience the empire of the Ātma, called one's own country, and the feeling of your Ātma. You must experience the principle of your Ātma. You must develop your self-confidence. You must regard the Ātma itself as the body; that is the empire of the Ātma. In this impermanent world we must choose Satya. We must follow the path that is permanent. We must follow a pure feeling and a pure path. We must develop pure feeling.
What do we gain by being sunk all the time in the matters of the world? The world is necessary! But if the supreme principle is not there along with the world, the world itself becomes useless. What use is a fan when there is no current? What use is a body without life? So man must keep divinity as his main goal. Without it, that is a living death! Even a scholar, even a Vedāntin, cannot see an object without opening his eyes, can he! One without purity of citta, even if he is virtuous, strong or learned, is no better than a blind man. All learning is meant for purity of citta alone! To kill others you need knives, daggers, guns and cannons. But for one to die oneself, a single needle-point is enough. Rather than speaking many words, it is enough to put one into practice with purity of citta.
A Student's Ideal
In Puttaparthi a student named Amar Vivek is studying for an M.B.A. He joined a field of sevā and for ten years did work that no Seva Dal could do. The government recognised the sevā he had done. It presented him with an award. The President and the Prime Minister invited him to come and receive the award. That boy came to me. ‘I do not want this award. If my Swami is pleased, that itself is a big award for me,’ he said. I myself told him firmly and sent him. Many people put a mark on their forehead in front of me and wipe it off the moment they go outside. He is not like that; he put on vibhūti properly and went. The moment the President congratulated him, he returned the greeting courteously, saying ‘Sai Ram’. ‘In keeping with their courtesies, “Hello sir!