In plain words
We become separate. If you think, "We are Yours," I become one in you. I become you yourself. But not I. That is why, when there is "I, I," a "YOU, YOU" comes up. When we say I+YOU, it becomes WE. It is as though the two have joined. No: WE+WE=WE … . So when one thinks, "I am Yours," he turns into his very self.
So within divinity we must change the principle of the Ātma into a broad mind. All the sādhanas done today, all of them, are only sādhanas we do to restrain the mind. In the mind are all kinds of small and subtle qualities. So long as My mind is on these words, nothing occurs to Me. Whether ants are crawling on the body, whether it itches anywhere, I do not know. If instead you think, "There is something, there is an itch here," the itch arises. It is only because your mind goes to it that the itch comes there. Otherwise there is no itch there. Hardships, losses, sorrows and pains are all born through our mind alone. Where does this mind come from? Who is this mind? When you look so, these come only as thoughts. Where were these thoughts born? We think. "I do not want sorrow. I want Ānanda," we think. Ānanda and sorrow are not two separate things. When one ends, the other begins.
Hardship and comfort, the two of them, are together; no one has the power to part them; nowhere shall we see comfort by itself; when hardship bears fruit, they call it comfort.
So we must not brood over either hardship or comfort, but think of that which is the birthplace of both.
Embodiments of Prema! Above all we must not set our attention on shapes. Only when a firm flower opens does its fragrance give us joy. The flower must be sturdy. Only when it is sturdy and it opens do beauty and joy come. If the flower is not sturdy, that flower will not be beautiful. Its scent too will not be so strong. So, if the flower is to be sturdy, our qualities must be good. Only when our qualities are good does the whole world draw near to us. If we fix our aim on the body alone, it gives a passing joy. It was Rādhā who was drawn to Kṛṣṇa's qualities, rejoiced in them and lived them. It was Rādhā's younger sister, Candrakaḷā, who saw Kṛṣṇa's form and rejoiced. Candra took the form as her support. Rādhā took the qualities as her support. Because she took the qualities as her support, for that very reason, she enjoyed the Ānanda of life.