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In plain words
What brings that power of consciousness into being? That itself is radiation. That itself is prajñāna. This is what the Veda called ‘Prajñānaṃ brahma’. Prajñāna. The power of prāṇa called Vibration. The power of the body called Materialisation: the unity of these four alone is humanness. So the whole world is contained in man himself.
He who does not believe in himself: what use is it for him to believe in so much else?
Man is no ordinary being. Seeing only the man in form, we look on him as something misshapen. No: all powers are in man. Only when we recognise this power can we attain divine Śānti. Humanness has come only for the sake of attaining that power. We must recognise such power. Only then does it take shape as a sacred birth. ‘Jantūnāṃ narajanma durlabham’. Only when we recognise it does this become rare. Otherwise we too are living like beasts, birds and animals. What has this rare birth gained? Where is its distinction? Its distinction is to recognise all things and to act on them. But man does not try to recognise the divinity within himself. He takes this worldly, physical, natural world itself as his support. This is never true. All this is a mere trick. It is just like passing clouds.
Tai tai, tai tai, tai, O puppet! Look at its antics, man, the puppet of Māyā! Beauty, youth and the strength of the senses: do not strut, brother, that you have them; it lies ahead, and soon, the crocodiles' festival called old age. Tai tai.
What is this game of puppets? This is not our life. These games are not our actions. We must recognise the Ātmatattva in our inner being. The japa we do, the dhyāna we do, the tapas we do, the bhajans we do are only for the strength of the mind, not for God's satisfaction.