In plain words
If we do nāmasmaraṇa merely outwardly, without feeling offered from the heart, it is of no use. We must set up a right connection between the heart and God. Every day Rāvaṇa would go round many thousands of Śiva temples and worship Śiva. But what was the use? He made no connection at all between his heart and God. That is why he remained just a rākṣasa. So all who do nāmasmaraṇa without feeling offered from the heart may well be called Rāvaṇa's descendants. We must turn our mind towards God.
When you do the pūjā of the Pādukās, your gaze must rest on the Lord's feet alone. If you offer flowers with the hand and send the mind off to the market, what use is there in doing the pūjā? Bharata brought back Śrī Rāmacandra's Pādukās, and for fourteen years he was absorbed in his mind in Śrī Rāma's feet. Today your Manas ponders only creation; it does not ponder the Creator. For the satisfaction of Manas you perform many karmas. To satisfy Manas is not possible for anyone. You must forget Manas itself; you must become amanaskas. Only then will Ānanda come to you. But what must you do to become amanaskas? You must not think of anything but God. Once Droṇācārya set the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas a test in archery. He tied a bird to the branch of a tree, called Duryodhana first and told him to shoot it. As Duryodhana drew his bow and took aim, he asked, “Duryodhana! What do you see there?” “Master! The tree, its branches, the bird, the sky behind it: I see everything,” he said. Saying, “You wait a while,” he called all the Kauravas one after another and put the same question. They all gave the same answer. Then he called the Pāṇḍavas. Of the Pāṇḍavas, Arjuna alone said, “Master! I see nothing but that bird.” That is true concentration. We must set our aim on that alone which we mean to achieve, and pay no heed to anything else.
When you want God, you must develop full Prema within you. For God is the very embodiment of full Prema. God is not somewhere apart; He pervades everywhere, within you and without, above and below. Some people say they are carrying on a search for God. The very word “search for God” is most laughable. What is this searching for a God who is everywhere?! But God is seen only by the eye of Prema. Because there is no eye of Prema in you, you do not see God. Through this worldly cleverness you are losing Prema altogether. “Will the earth bear a crop because the rains have come, if no seeds are sown? If those rains do not come, will it give fruit though the seeds are sown?” The seed must be sown, and the rain too must come. In the same way, in the field of our heart we must sow the seed called the Name, and on it the rain called Prema must fall. Only then does the fruit come.
You must make holy every limb you have. Once Tulasīdās grieved greatly, “Rāma! Why have You made me maimed?” Then the disciples around him: “Swāmī! What do you lack? All your limbs are whole and sound, are they not!” they said. “What use is having them, my dear? I have hands, but I cannot do Rāma's service; I have eyes, but I cannot see Rāma; I have ears as big as winnowing fans, but I cannot hear Rāma's words.