In plain words
“Do not strut about saying, ‘I am a learned man.’ Do not speak of yourself as fortunate. Do not keep taking pride in being rich. Do not praise yourself for having sons. Do not go about saying, ‘I am a giver.’ Do not swell up saying, ‘I am Swami's servant.’ Do not be pleased with yourself for being brave. Do not think of yourself as a man of great deeds. If you conduct yourself in the world so that others think well of you, the Lotus-eyed One will draw you to Himself and bless you.”
Embodiments of Prema, students, girls and boys! Teachers!
“God pervades everything, with countless feet, hands, faces, heads, eyes and ears.” Not recognising this truth, man imagines that whatever he does and whatever he thinks, nobody knows of it. No one can hide anything from God. He takes note of everything. God pervades all beings within and without; no one can keep anything hidden from Him. Though living beings are many and separate, God is One. He has never divided Himself. In all the world there is no one closer to us than God. There is no one but God who is closer and dearer to us than mother and father. To forget such a God is a sin.
The clouds of unbelief and Ahaṅkāra
Ignorant man keeps asking, “If God is everywhere, all-powerful and all-knowing, why can we not see Him?” The clouds formed by the shining sun's own rays get in its way and keep the sun from being seen. But that is no reason to think there is no sun, is it! In the same way, the clouds of unbelief and Ahaṅkāra that arise in man stand in God's way, and so God is not seen. Our own unbelief and Ahaṅkāra alone keep Him from being seen. Just as the clouds move away and the sun shines out for us as soon as a strong wind blows, so when the wind of Prema and faith touches us, the clouds of Ahaṅkāra and unbelief part and God is seen.