In plain words
While Jesus was alive no one honoured Him. Only a few came to Him, for their own selfish ends and self-interest. As soon as these were met, they kept Him at a distance. For a century after Jesus was born no one took up His religion. A hundred years after Jesus died, all the people in Rome took up the religion of Christ. Then, four hundred years after that, the Roman kings all proclaimed theirs the kingdom of Christ. So, though some hundreds of years went by, no one recognised the divinity of Jesus Christ to any great extent. The root cause of this is the Ajñāna rooted deep in humanness. If we would recognise the divinity in humanness, time is no bar to us. If we recognise the reason, we can bring time wholly under our control. Today they say ‘reason, reason’ for everything. What reason? Do you need a reason to put time to good use? Time itself is the form of God. To make time worthwhile is the duty of the body.
Man is made of time, action, reason and duty
Only when we make time worthwhile with the body does action become holy. Only when action becomes holy have we fulfilled our duty. Man is made of time, action, reason and duty. Only a life made of these four is a life of Satya. When time, action, reason and duty are not there at all, it is untruth! A small example. You set out from Prasanthi Nilayam early on Friday morning. You reached Madras in the evening. Eight hours of time went by. How did you travel? You sat in a bus. You travelled and reached Madras in eight hours. What was the reason for reaching this Madras? You must see your relatives. This is the reason. Once there was this reason, you saw them. The duty was fulfilled. Sitting in the bus at Prasanthi Nilayam is an action.