In plain words
Mati, sthiti, paristhiti, gati
Man has powers of many kinds. Among the powers God has granted, the very first is mati. The second is sthiti. The third is paristhiti. The fourth is gati. Mati, sthiti, paristhiti, gati, sampatti. But man's sthiti takes shape only according to his gati. Mati takes shape only according to man's conduct. From mati comes gati; from gati comes sthiti. That is why mati, which comes first for man, must be most sacred. His sthiti and his sampatti take shape only according to his mati. Only when man first recognises such a truth can he attain either his sthiti or his sampatti. So every man must take good care of the sammati and the sanmati of his mati.
In this world we must use every object in a sacred way. We must take the right path. There is a knife in the hand. With this knife one can cut vegetables, cook a good meal and eat, or cut fruit, eat it and satisfy one's hunger. But when a man thinks, ‘I have a knife in my hand, after all,’ and cuts the head and throat of the one before him, he has simply taken on the nature of a demon. So we must also come to know this: what thing to use, and in what way.
In humanness there are powers of many kinds. We must try to recognise the sacredness of these powers too. We can gain this power only by the grace of God. Man's life is like a big clock. In it are three hands, called years, months and days. These three hands keep turning in good order. With them, the span of man's life too keeps turning. But before man has recognised the span of his life, he is already striking the hours, ‘Ghan, ghan, ghan.’