Passage 3

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In plain words

Researchers themselves examined it and went on teaching the truth that divine Divinity came forth in the land of Bhārata in the form of Satya. But today we are moving away from such research. Spending crores on petty, passing research, wasting all our time, we are making life itself meaningless. Divinity is not something we can obtain through research. But though this Bhakti and surrender cannot show God, they keep looking for a means to reach God. The nine kinds of sādhana have all been proving the existence of God. A small example. The sweetness in sugarcane, the heat in chillies, the sourness in lemons: all these proclaim the existence of God! The stars shine, the planets revolve, the sun blazes, the wind blows, the rains pour down. The very being of everything is the principle of God! All these workings too make known the existence of God. When we look at the mountains, great joy wells up. When we look at a flowing river, joy surges over. When we look at the forests, joy brims over. All these are the many wonders of God! Such beauty of nature keeps proving the existence of God.

All powers are contained in man himself

What is man's own existence? The very nature of this body is a wonder. Whatever great powers there are outside, all of them are contained in man himself. All the great souls and all the scriptures too have been teaching you to recognise yourself. What does it mean to recognise oneself? Merely saying ‘I am the son of so-and-so’ is not recognising oneself. Merely saying ‘I am such-and-such an officer’ is not recognising oneself. Merely calling oneself ‘I am a man of such-and-such a country’ is not recognising oneself. Merely calling oneself ‘I am a good scholar’ is not knowing oneself. These are words of dialogue we use in daily life.