In plain words
Embodiments of Prema! What is everywhere is God alone. What shines in all living beings is God alone. What is in all qualities is God alone; to such a God we offer only small and petty worship, and we merely think of even our own mind as small. So we must think of God as a vast and sacred form. Not just the earth alone. Not just the stars alone. Not just the sky alone. All the worlds too are nothing but the form of God. For us to worship such a God as a small form is an insult to God Himself.
Dakṣiṇāmūrti spoke. ‘Viśvaṃ darpaṇa dṛśyamāna nagarī,’ He said. Even this whole universe, so vast a universe, appears in a small mirror. In just the same way, the form of God, the whole unbroken cosmos, must stay merged in the small mirror called our heart. So God, vast as He is, is installed within the heart of man. That is why they called Him ‘Hṛdayavāsī’. Who is it that worships this God who dwells in the heart? Who are you? Whose is your heart? If you recognise this truth, there is no ‘you’ at all. The whole world, too, is made of God. It consists of two words, ‘I’ and ‘this’.
The Seer and the Seen
This, what is called ‘I’, is itself the seer. What is called ‘this’ is the seen. All this world is just the relation of seer and seen. In this vast hall so many people are seated. But all of this is only the seen. Who is it that sees? I myself; so what is called ‘I’ is the seer. You are looking at all these people seated here, at the seen, and not merely at another person. I look at my own body. The body: this is the seen. But the one who sees is I.