In plain words
We must do certain sādhanas to drive these clouds of unbelief and Ahaṅkāra away.
The spiritual friend
However many worldly friends you may have, if you lack the spiritual friend, all those friends are of no use. If you have that one spiritual friend, God, the whole world is your friend. If you push away the friend who is God, the whole world turns into an enemy. So struggle as hard as you must to win the friendship of God. Faith and Prema are the chief rules of that struggle. Just as you went in on your motorcycles, slipping past the fire that blazed below, above and all around, so we reach our goal only when we slip past all the outer, worldly troubles, however many they are, and enter into what is called Divinity. In this way you not only enjoy yourselves; you also make the people, your parents and the onlookers happy. And you yourselves can taste that joy.
God alone is the divine friend
There is no friend greater than God. He is not one to be caught up in blame or praise or rejection. He does not abandon man for want of a return. God has a great title: “Suhṛt”. That is, God is the supreme friend. He expects nothing at all in return from His devotee. God alone is the friend who cherishes people without wanting anything back. Yet man is not at all willing to trust such a friend. Only to the man who accepts such a friend, draws near to Him, and practises and lives by His teachings does that divine friendship become clear. Such faith is true Jñāna. The learning we earn for this world, and the “Brahmavidyā” that earns liberation in the world beyond: only he who has passed in both is a true human being. However much you strive for outer friendship, you must work far harder for Divinity, the spiritual friendship. Only when you have won such a friend does the principle called “Suhṛt” grow in you.
The fruit of Jñāna
They speak of knowledge, the known and the goal of knowledge. Vedānta has taught this very thing under different names. The first thing needed here is keen interest. The second: we must do sādhanas. After that, the one who has climbed to it becomes one who has gained its fruit. We must take this up in the student stage itself (student, officer, pensioner): in the student stage we must study with care and so grasp the secret that lies in learning. In the position of office we must pass it on with experience. That is the mark of the working life. Only when a man carries out his duty, works in order without fail, takes up selfless work and does his job with discipline, can he draw his pension after retiring and enjoy comfort and peace. In the same way, on the spiritual path, to gain keen interest is the student stage. One must work hard to gain it. We must put into practice the true sādhanas we have recognised.