In plain words
“Unseen within the world that is seen, shining within it, the Caitanya that is the Ātma's own form; like the thread that runs through the gems, the Lord of the universe pervades the whole universe.”
Embodiments of Prema!
If we have to write even a small letter to someone, “What shall we write? How shall we write it?” we first ponder in the mind, and only then do we write on paper. That is to say, the thought comes first and the doing after. So first of all we must ponder in the mind what humanness is and what divinity is. “Brahmavid brahmaiva bhavati,” says Vedānta. Whatever we dwell on, we attain its very form. Ratnākara, a thief who robbed people on the roads, kept remembering Rāma's Name and meditating on Rāma's form without a break, by the teaching of the great sages, and in time the radiance of Rāma shone forth from his face. The boy Prahlāda contemplated Śrīman Nārāyaṇa unceasingly, and so the radiance of Nārāyaṇa came to shine on his lotus face. Long ago Darwin, wishing to grow as great as his teacher Henslow, kept following him at every step, and in time the two of them appeared with one and the same radiance. That is, whatever we remember, whatever we think about, we attain that very form. So only when we dwell on the good and think about the good can we take shape as human beings and attain the state of Mādhava.
Man is truly a part of God!
“Mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtas sanātanaḥ”: “O man! You are none other than a part of Me. So My own feelings must spring up in you,” said the Teacher of the Gītā. Not recognising this truth, many sādhus too sink under troubles and sorrows. If you feel that you have troubles, how can you be a part of Paramātma? Paramātma has no troubles of any kind, no sorrows at all. So you must not grieve that this sorrow or that trouble has come to you. You fall into troubles and losses only because some animal nature, some demonic nature or some fickleness has entered into you. Every human being is truly a part of God! But those who have recognised this truth are only a very few. Such people alone are true human beings. Yet, you may say, “Those who do not contemplate God are living in this world too, are they not!” Living they are, true! But how are they living? They live like beasts, they behave like beasts, and they reap the fruit of it. But the man who believes that he is a part of God attains nothing but eternal Ānanda, and enjoys nothing but the highest happiness.
Not remembrance: practise constant remembrance
Once Arjuna, “Kṛṣṇa! Surely I do nothing but remember You! Even so, why do these troubles come to me?” he said.