In plain words
What is creation? Creation is the reaction, the reflection, the …und of our own vision. As long as we live, we cannot forget creation. The root cause of this creation …? It is Manas. Were there no Manas at all, no creation of any kind would appear to the vision. When your Manas … somewhere, your vision may well rest on the people. Yet you do not see how many people are there, or who … where. So vision itself is the cause of this whole creation. The basis of vision is Manas. That is why 'Manōmūla midaṃ jagat': Manas alone is the root cause of the whole world. When Manas …, there is no creation. There is a fine experience of this. In sleep you have no vision. For this vision Manas …. Then there is no world for you either. In deep sleep there is no world, no vision and no Manas either; … you wake from your sleep, vision wakes. From this vision the whole of creation …. From this vision the whole of creation comes into view. Manas alone is the cause of both. So we must try to understand, to some extent, … what is called Manas. This Manas is the king of the … kingdom. If we want to conquer this kingdom, it is not enough merely to bring the soldiers alone under our control. These soldiers are the senses. Even when the … are brought under control, the king stays quite safe. So the king too must be brought under control, along with the soldiers. Only then do we become those who have conquered this kingdom. … the chief one in our kingdom is Buddhi. To the king called Manas, what is called Buddhi is the advisor. … advisor gives the right advice. But now and then the king called Manas, out of Ahaṅkāra, says, 'Why do I need its advice?', takes a little liberty and slips into error. So the king called Manas always has what is called Ahaṅkāra wrapped around him on every side.
The nature of this Manas is this: oneness is not to its liking. This Manas is very fond of manyness. Every object it cuts into pieces and more pieces, anusakyāmugā to itself, in many ways of its own. Now, a small example. Wanting to have another bush shirt stitched, they have brought two metres of shirting cloth. When the wish comes to dress up in this two mts cloth, this Manas does not keep still. It cuts it into pieces and more pieces. It cuts out the hands. It cuts out the body. It cuts out pockets. It cuts everything into pieces and more pieces. In this way Manas … cuts into pieces what was one whole.