In plain words
God is within you
Ahaṃ vaiśvānaro bhūtvā prāṇinā deham āśritā. I am in the belly of every human being in the form of Vaiśvānara, and digest all they eat. The children can see this well. At meal times they pray in the hostel too. Saying what? They wonder, "Where is God?" Brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma haviḥ. They say, "I am saying Brahmārpaṇam." But some: "When I myself am making the offering, why am I saying Brahmārpaṇam? Where is Brahmā?" The answer comes from within. "You crazy fellow! You think I am somewhere far off. I am within you. I digest all you eat and supply that essence to every limb." Is there anyone who does such selfless work? God alone does this. He digests what is eaten, turns it into fine essence and supplies it to every limb.
The king-maker is greater than the king
You can see Kṛṣṇa's nature well in the Mahābhārata war. He conquered many kings. However many kings He conquered, He did not become king Himself. To crown another, and to stay only the instrument Himself. Once Arjuna asked a question. Kṛṣṇa! You are winning so many victories. You are handing all these victories to others. Should You not take on the charge Yourself? "I am the king-maker," He said. The king-maker is greater than the king. Where is your king-maker? He is in your own heart. He gives strength to every limb. You are proud that you are doing the work. It works only with the essence I have sent. You kick with your foot. The strength that came to your foot is the strength I gave. To the foot, the hand, the mouth, the eye: these are powers God has given. The power of God alone runs every power.
The lack is in Bhakti, not in power
The young must grow that faith. If they keep growing it, we can experience this Ānanda in their lives within a very short time. We can see it before our eyes. Experience is what is needed. Experience is in our own hands. It is only that you are not able to do it; if you do it, it comes into your experience. But you push your weakness of not being able to act, and your neglect, onto God, and revile God. Unable to dance, he shouted at the drum, they say. In the same way, when we have no strength to act, we lay the blame on God. Such feelings come now and then. But you must enquire. Is this my fault? Is it God's fault? There are no faults of any kind in God. He is beyond the guṇas. He is free of fault. It is your own faults that are reflected. Your own faults bring doubts of every kind. No one can find even the slightest fault in God. No one is able to. No one has the right. I have said this many times. Unable to put up with these hardships, unable to bear the troubles, even Tyāgarāja went on laying the blame on Rāma. Swāmī, I keep thinking of You all the time, do I not! Is the fault in my Bhakti, or is the fault in Your power? After thinking it over a little: there is no fault in my Bhakti; the fault lies in Your power alone. Such are the feelings of today. He hides his own fault. He brings out the faults of others. This is the weakness in devotees. There is no power in Rāma. If He really had power, why should He not put an end to my hardship? There is no fault in my Bhakti; the fault lies in Rāma's power alone. Then he calmed himself a little. He reflected. God is free of fault. God's heart is pure. What a fault it is to lay blame on such a God! If there were no power in You,
would a monkey cross the ocean? Would a maiden tie You to a mortar? Would Lakṣmī Devī love You? Would Lakṣmaṇa serve You? Would Bharata, of subtle mind, gaze and gaze and bow down? Ah, how great Rāma's power is!
Then he understood: how great Your power is, Swāmī. The whole world prays to Lakṣmī. When Lakṣmī Devī, to whom this whole world prays, is pressing Your feet, is it that You have no power, or that she has little sense! What subtle understanding Bharata had! Lakṣmaṇa served the form with a shape. But Bharata, staying far away from Rāma, served Rāma without form. His was worship without form. Bharata merged in Rāma. Bharata and Rāma without difference: Bharata experienced the feeling of the one Ātma. When you think of God, you must become God yourself. If, while thinking of God, you think, "I have not become God yet", you will not become God; you will become a ghost. You must become God without knowing it.