In plain words
A father had an only son. He was playing at something. When he went into a corner to fetch his ball, a scorpion stung him. "Father, a scorpion has stung me," he said, and came crying. The father loved his son dearly. Because the scorpion had stung his son, he ran to the doctor. The doctor gave him an ointment and said, "Put this where the scorpion stung; it will numb a little, and the pain will not be felt." But in his anxiety this father took no notice at all, and said, "Where did the scorpion sting you, boy?" Father, it stung in that corner. He took this ointment, went and rubbed it in that corner. If you rub it in that corner, will this pain go! You must rub it where it stung, surely. If you rub the corner where the scorpion stung, will the pain go! All the efforts of today are just like that.
Where has our unrest come from? We must recognise that and make the right effort to root out our unrest. Unable to recognise that truth, when the pain is in one place, we try to cure it in another. Asking where God is, we wander from village to village. We wander over all the hills. We wander through the Himālayas. Where is God not? Wherever you look, He is there. God is not somewhere outside. He is right there, at the level of your heart. He is with you. Above you, around you, below you. If you strive for that Divinity somewhere out there, how will He be found? Turn your vision inward. Make that faith of yours firm. Rather, one who thinks God is here and not there is no true jñāni.
Here, there, wherever you look, the One alone dwells, beloved, in the Ātma.
Wherever you look, there is only the One. There is no second at all. Brahman is One alone, without a second. There is no "your God" and "my God." All these are merely the marks of Ajñāna. Rāma is not one and Kṛṣṇa another. Śiva is not one and Rāma another. The forms and names differ, but God is only One. Believe in this oneness, and pray with all your heart, wherever you may be. There, at once, He will appear before you.