In plain words
So if we take this ‘unity in diversity’, that is, the oneness in the many, we are all one in daily life! For our livelihood, or for the needs of life, we think of it as many. And this too is only for a limited happiness! From gold you may have a chain made, a ring made, bangles made; but the gold is one! For adornment we fashion many ornaments. We make all these arrangements for the sake of a passing life, but what exists in Satya is one! That is the eternal consciousness.
The waning of moha is Mokṣa
What does the great Navarātri festival mean? To bring the power of Prakṛti under our control and through it gain contentment of mind. This power of the mind is not easily won. The mind is an anthill of desires! As soon as one is fulfilled, it longs for another. These longings have no end at all. That is why they gave it the name ‘desire’, or ‘kāma’. All that we want is desire! Even wanting Mokṣa is a desire! As long as these desires remain, the bondage of Prakṛti will not leave us. What is Mokṣa? I said it the other day: ‘When moha goes, that is Mokṣa.’ The syllable ‘mo’ is moha; ‘kṣa’ stands for kṣaya. ‘Mu’ stands for Mukti. ‘The waning of moha is Mokṣa.’ That is, Mokṣa is to root out limited, passing desires. Then what should we long for? There is a divinity that is eternal and Satya. That is Prema. Prema does not belong to Prakṛti. Today we have changed Prema into something of Prakṛti and experience it as a kind of affection. We call what is between mother and child Prema. That is not Prema; it is only affection! We call what is between wife and husband Prema. That is not Prema. That too is affection! Whatever we experience in the world today, all of it is affection tied up with moha! All the desires of Prakṛti are affections! When does this affection come?