In plain words
We can teach ourselves divinity of this kind only on a path of this sort. But the goal is one. We must keep this ‘goal’ as our aim. If we forget the goal, we can attain nothing.
Many children play. Football: how long they kick this football with their feet! They always kick it with the foot alone. Those over there kick it. Those over here kick it. Does this football escape the kick of the foot? No. How long is there no escape for it? Even while there is air in that football, that one kicks it. This one kicks it. When the air goes out of it, then he takes it up in his hands. In just the same way, this life is a game of football. Six on that side and six on this side. These six wicked ones are on one side. The good on one side; these good ones and wicked ones, this quarrel goes on and on. This war goes on and on. This conflict goes on and on. Now, who are these six? Kāma, krodha, lobha, moha, mada and mātsarya. These six on one side; Satya, Dharma, Śānti, Prema, Ahiṃsā and the dharma of Prakṛti, these six are on the other side. Those six kick from one side. Now, there is a goal for it. That is, they set up two posts. When the football goes between these two posts, it is a goal. If it goes outside, it is out. That itself is vidyā. ‘To live happy here, the learning that brings gold; to live happy hereafter, Brahmavidyā. For us who have these two learnings, there is no change at all, brother.’ That itself is our limit. When the goal called compassion, which lies between these two, is scored, it wins a divine victory. When it is not between the two learnings, Brahmavidyā and dharmavidyā, it goes out. Then what happens? Birth again, death again. If it goes through the middle of this goal, there is no rebirth. So death comes only when there is birth. Without birth, where is death? That itself has been called Mokṣa. Not to remain as another seed. We must recognise the principle bound up with this.