In plain words
“O Lord! You too, come here,” he said. “Where? There is not even room for the two of you to sit!” he said. “The two of us have been sitting. If you come, the three of us will stand,” he said. Do you see? In the place where one had lain down, they made room for a second and sat. When they made room for the second, and then for the third as well, they stood. Māṇik Vācakar was one filled with just such a feeling of helping others. This Māṇik Vācakar went on showing this ideal. We must grow sacred hearts and broad feelings. He did not think, “There is room for me alone to lie down, that is enough.” That is a narrow feeling; if another comes, let us sit, there is nothing wrong. If yet another comes, let us stand. There is nothing wrong. That is why it has been said, ‘Helping others is for merit, hurting others is for sin.’ So what has God given this body for? ‘The body is indeed the first means of Dharma’: we must set it to work in every dharma. When does this sacred feeling arise in us? We gain it only through samyak dṛṣṭi. Every one must turn their vision into sacred vision. One must not turn it into a crow's vision, a wicked vision. One-pointed vision: we must set our sight on something good.
All things are passing clouds; the Ātma alone is unmoving
They spoke of dhyāna. What is this dhyāna? Keeping divinity alone in view. They have practised sādhanas for this in many ways. Aurobindo Ghosh and Ramaṇa Maharṣi sitting on the terrace at night, setting their sight on a star. Which star? Not a cinema star: they looked at the stars. They kept their sight on a single star. In this way they went on developing it. Even with the eyes closed, that very sight must keep appearing. So what does samyak dṛṣṭi mean? We must see only what is sacred. On the road so many people go walking along. You were not given eyes to look at this rubbish. You are walking along the road: keep your sight on the road. If you go along looking at this one and that one, you will have an accident. So when you walk, walk watching the road.