In plain words
He who praises is He; He who reviles is He. He who receives is He. He who gives is He. So only when we understand this principle of oneness do we understand that the whole world is filled with Viṣṇu.
In waking, dream and deep sleep we remain one and the same. Awake, we sit in this hall and hear everything. In the dream state we experience some scene or other. We think this body has no connection with that dream. In deep sleep we experience Ānanda. Then we think that neither this Manas nor the body is there. But who was it that experienced? He who experienced Ānanda in deep sleep is that same one. He who experiences the contact of objects in dream is that same one. He who sits awake in this gathering and listens with joy is that same one. But what listened here is the senses, in the principle of the body. What experienced the contact of objects in dream is the Manas, the subtle body. And what experienced in deep sleep is a divinity beyond, one this Manas has no hold on. Only the states differ; the one who experienced is one. That is why what is called the principle of God is very hard to understand. Only those who hold śraddhā and Bhakti toward it can experience it by an easy path.
At different times this same power of God takes on many forms. In the devotee it becomes the fire of Jñāna. It shines. In the heart of one who is no devotee it takes shape as the fire of anger, the fire of lust, the fire of hatred. Fire is a very fearsome thing. Even from far away it fills us with great fear. It takes all safety away. The people of today keep this fearsome fire in their very hearts and are ever gripped by fear and dread. The fire of lust, the fire of anger, the fire of hatred, the fire of envy: these torment greatly. This is what they called Rāvaṇa's pyre. All fires die down, but these fires do not die down easily. They seem to have died down, but no one can say when they will blaze up again. What is our support for quenching these fires? What is needed? That is Vairāgya; we must bring down the rain called Prema. Only through this rain of Prema does true Śānti come to us.
Today people have comforts, conveniences and pleasures of many kinds, yet man is ever falling prey to fear and dread. However many safeguards of every kind he sets up, his fear does not go. However many conveniences he has, he does not experience Śānti. What is the reason there is no Śānti? What is the reason this fear arises?