In plain words
Today there is no co-operation, no patience, no sympathy. But in the world they only act as though there were sympathy; it is not sympathy. Though on one side we show honour in words, in certain ways they are wounding the mind. They speak with the mouth but signal with the brow. Petty games of this kind must not take root among human beings. Man is most noble; man is most exalted. Man is most exemplary. Such an ideal man must go on offering an ideal life; in the villages people are subjected to many hardships. They are subjected to many difficulties. They suffer for lack of water. They suffer a great deal for lack of amenities. They suffer for lack of health. They suffer for lack of food. We must help such people as far as we are able, to the measure of our strength. Only when we give this help does it take shape as true service. Instead, if you say, ‘I must be comfortable in my own house,’ what is the use? This is nothing but selfishness. Only when you go beyond selfishness, beyond self-interest, and enter the sacred path, does it become true spirituality. Spirituality is not merely doing pūjā, doing bhajan, doing yoga; it is not this alone. We must take part in service. There is no japa or tapas greater than doing service. Whatever service you do, you must think, ‘It is not to man that I do it; I am doing it to Mādhava Himself.’ Mādhava is in every human being. “Sarvajīva namaskāraṃ keśavaṃ pratigacchati”, “Īśvarassarva bhūtānāṃ.” That is, what dwells in all beings is divinity itself, so whomever you serve, you must regard it as done to divinity. Today people are travelling on the spiritual path. But first of all they must recognise what spirituality is. Spirituality means a broad heart. A broad Prema. We must attain this principle. Rather, merely doing bhajan with rāga and tāla does not make it bhajan. Merely holding a japamālā and doing dhyāna does not make it dhyāna. The heart must be full of sacred feelings. We must go on living our life with divine feelings, fresh feelings, noble feelings. This itself is the chief ideal for daily life.