In plain words
So long as man holds hatred, this whole world looks nothing but full of hatred. So good and bad, both, are only reflections in the mind. The mind itself is the witness of this good and bad. When we develop Prema, we can enjoy Ānanda in the feeling of oneness, without the sense of difference called good and bad.
‘Churn and churn, and the tattva is born in the body’
“Churn and churn, and fire is born in the wood”
Fire comes forth through the friction of two sticks. But we must recognise the truth that fire lies hidden in these two sticks. It is because fire is present unseen in these sticks that fire comes forth from the friction of two sticks. That is, through sādhana the fire that lay hidden in secret comes out into the open. These inert human bodies too can be compared to sticks. Fire lies hidden in our two hands. But when we rub these two hands against each other, the fire in them comes forth as heat. By this friction the very fire that lay hidden in the hands comes out into the open.
“Churn and churn, and ghee is born in the curd”
In every drop of milk there is butter. But however long we hold that milk in the hand and ask, “Where is the butter?”, that butter will not show itself to us. We must follow the very path by which butter can be gained. When we turn that milk into curd and churn that curd, the butter that pervaded the milk everywhere comes into view. Yet even if we mix the butter gained in this way back into the buttermilk, it does not merge with the buttermilk. In the same way, “churn and churn, and the tattva is born in the body”: in the human body itself a divine power pervades everywhere. This divine power, present in our very body, comes forth through sādhana. Once such divine power has become manifest, it does not enter that body again. That is why they said, “Dehodevālaya prokto jīvodeva ssanātanaḥ”.
Temple Towers
The human body is like a temple. We must put such a body to good use. Man must have good qualities, be rich in good conduct, and set the body on the right path. The power and might of God spread only in keeping with the sacredness of the shrine called the human body. The moment we see the body, God must come to our mind. A temple brings God to mind. That is why man goes into a temple on seeing the temple, not on seeing God.
To impart such sacred teaching, the ancient people of Bhārata built the temples in every village very tall. But they did not have huge towers built in folly, to waste money. The moment the people in the village saw those tall temple towers, a feeling of God arose in them without their knowing it. In this way the people of those days had tall towers built with just this aim: to raise in man thoughts that would constantly awaken Divinity.