In plain words
The day we put the Manas far away, that very day our heart's desire is fulfilled. Today we do sādhana with the Manas. The day we kill the Manas, that very day God appears before us. The Manas is a great pestilence. A great deceiver. That itself is the deer. Today we do every single thing with the Manas. This is not right. How then should we do it? We must do it with Prema. The more you act with Prema, the more it grows; it never dwindles. Do not brood on the Manas. Do not even call to mind the name of the Manas. If it stays, it stays; if it goes, it goes. But act with Prema. ‘This is my duty. Prema is my very nature! I am the embodiment of Love’: think so! Love is God, Live in Love. That itself is true sādhana. Today we are casting away this Prema. We are fostering worldly love. We are fostering physical loves. Spiritual Prema is dwindling. Unrest is growing. Show me one man in the world who has achieved anything by relying on the Manas! They have studied the Vedas. They have studied the śāstras. But they cannot kill the Manas. Of all things, our supreme enemy is the Manas itself! So we must see to it that the Manas does not come near us. It comes very eager to make friends. ‘O Manas! You are not my friend. God alone is my friend’: decide this firmly! Take God as your friend! He will drive the mind away. God has no Manas at all. He is beyond the guṇas, stainless, eternal, the abode, of a nature ever pure, awakened, free and spotless. The one without a Manas is Mādhava. The one with a Manas is man. If you want to become Mādhava, you must drive the Manas away. Today we go on following the Manas. Because of that we cannot obtain what we wished for. In the worldly Dharma, artha, kāma and Mokṣa we must follow the path that is true and eternal, not worldly dharma. You must not drown in that alone, saying, ‘Mine is the householder's Dharma; I must look after the children and my husband.’ Worldly dharma must surely be there; but spiritual Dharma must be its basis. Bringing up the children and all such things are not dharmas; they are duties. For you brought them about for yourself, the children and the husband.