Passage 5

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All this past too is the world itself. What is this world? Pra means expansion. Pañcamu means the five elements. The expansion of the five elements is prapañcamu, the world. Sound, touch, form, taste, smell and the rest. Go wherever you like. These five elements are there. Even if you go to the Moon, you take these five elements along with you. Because wherever you go, without these five elements, na bhūtam: no being could exist. The world is what is made up of these five elements. Even while in this world, I have no bond with this world.

How could collyrium cling to the eyeball? Women put collyrium on the eye, but it does not cling to the eyeball. We eat many dishes with the tongue. We eat dishes made with good oil, but no grease clings to the tongue. Do you see? In that way, even while I am in the world itself, I do not cling to the world. With sorrow or joy, with union or separation, I have no bond. There is a bond with the body alone, but no bond of the Ātma at all. How many have this bond of the Ātma? There is a bond of the body, but no bond of the mind. That very mind must be turned towards God. That itself is solitude. There is no place where Divinity is not. It is everywhere. Everything is God's svarūpa itself. So it is not possible to search for Divinity separately. God shines in the form called Satya. This Satya follows Dharma. By the joining of these two, Satya and Dharma, Prema springs up. There, violence does not exist. One who strives for Satya does not resort to violence. One who practises Dharma does not resort to violence. One who lives with Śānti does not take part in violence. One who lives with Prema does not take part in violence. When Prema comes in, Ahiṃsā comes in there. Where Satya is, there Ahiṃsā is. Where Dharma is, Ahiṃsā is there. Where Satya, Dharma, Śānti and Prema are, there Ahiṃsā is. So in our heart we must give a fitting place to Satya, Dharma, Śānti and Prema. Satya must dance on the tongue. Dharma must be practised with the hands. Prema must be experienced in the heart. With the head we must attain Śānti. Then there is no room at all for violence there. When the four, Satya, Dharma, Śānti and Prema, are there, violence does not exist there. Violence does not come even in our resolve. Today, if violence is seen wherever we look in the world, it is only because these four are lacking. So first of all develop Prema. If there is Prema alone, everything comes under our control. We must never leave the principle of Prema.