In plain words
In hollow men who lack purity of citta anger and envy gather and dwell; bats gather only in a house of darkness. Man of the world, do not forget such a good word: who was it that put the power of hearing into the ears? Who gave the eyes their ray of light? He alone who seeks That is a man.
Embodiments of Prema!
Mastery of the senses is the very first ideal of students. The pleasures and riches tied to the objects of the senses are not lasting. They give a little happiness and endless sorrow. Stronger than the senses are the objects of the senses. They are sound, touch, form, taste, smell and the rest. The root of all these senses is speech. If you conquer speech, it is as though you have conquered all the senses. Eating and speaking: these two are both tasks done by the mouth. These are what people also call food and dealings. Whoever conquers these two, the very nature of that man merges in the principle of Divinity. From then on words come to a halt, and the Manas tries to speak. To shut the mouth of the Manas, you have to awaken the Buddhi. Step by step you must teach the Buddhi good sense and work to turn that Buddhi towards the Ātma. Speech into the Manas, the Manas into the Buddhi, the Buddhi into the presence of the Ātma: the means of reaching there is sādhana. Though there is such an orderly royal road, man yields to physical pleasures and riches, forgets this sacred path, and goes on following only the path of the senses, which is the cause of nothing but sorrow.
No one at all enquires what the basis of these senses is. Nor does anyone try to recognise the truth of what it is that enjoys all these pleasures. Students must recognise that the outer world and the inner world are bound together and cannot be parted.