In plain words
Many there are who spread the word of Brahmavidyā far and wide, many who go about proclaiming it; but not one great soul is there who practises it. The true path is this word of Sai.
Embodiments of Prema, students!
Only when we understand, in the light of the order of creation, the close bond and kinship between man and Brahman does the divine Brahmavidyā become ours. Brahman means the infinite principle. From this infinite principle space came forth. From space, air; from air, fire; from fire, water; from water, earth; from earth, the plants; from the plants, food; from food, man. When we enquire into the close bond and kinship between this man and Brahman in the light of this order, the truth becomes clear that man has come forth from the infinite power itself. In the word Brahmānanda two words have come together, Brahma and Ānanda. Brahmānanda is not one word. It is a compound. Brahma is one word, Ānanda is another. When we divide them, these two words appear to us separately. Man has been travelling from food to Ānanda. What man longs for is Ānanda alone. That is the goal. Only when this Ānanda is joined to Brahman does it take the form called Brahmānanda. So man can understand well that there is an inseparable bond between Brahman and humanness. This Brahmavidyā is attained through Brahman alone. But because man is bound up in the worldly sphere, he forgets this Brahman principle, puts his faith in the principle of the world, and cannot recognise this very Brahman principle. The ordinary man, being caught up in attachment, fear and anger, moves very far from this Brahmānanda. By giving up attachment, fear and anger we can understand this Brahmānanda to some extent. Merely giving these up is not enough.