Passage 10

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In plain words

We must make the proper effort to recognise that oneness. We must turn our outward vision inward. Only then will the true form appear to us. So there is no other way to recognise the form of Satya, to carry out the search for Satya. One must recognise one's own true nature oneself. Free of every kind of disturbance, with a pure citta and an unselfish feeling, we must carry on this search.

The Principle of the Ātma (Prema)

In this heart there is nothing but the principle of Prema. This very Prema is Satya. Satya itself is Prema. Dharma itself is Prema; Prema itself is Dharma. So everything is filled with Prema. But this very Prema is changing into the form of Satya. How is it changing in this way? A small example. A small child is born. You call it “child”. After 10 years people call him “boy”. That boy grows to 30 years. Then you call him “man”. When that man grows to 75 years, you call him “grandfather”. This child, boy, man and grandfather are one and the same, are they not! In the same way, when it is in the body you call it the Ātma. In dhyāna you call it Śakti. When you come to experience it, you call out, “O God!” However great the madness of hunger is for every human being, the madness for God, too, is just as great. Call it the madness of hunger, call it Ajñāna, call it anything else at all. Your madness is yours; my madness is mine. Your madness stays with you alone. My madness stays with me alone. How can you say this is madness? How can you say this is foolishness? My faith is mine; your faith is yours. Your foolishness is yours; my foolishness is mine. My direct perception is mine; your direct perception is yours. Your experience is yours. My experience is mine. We must leave each one's experience to them. No one has any authority at all to point a finger at another and call him wrong. Your conscience is guiding you. So our own Ātma is our true witness. What was born is the body. What dies is the body alone. For the Ātma there is neither birth nor death.