In plain words
First of all recognise your own divine principle. We must recognise the truth of ‘Who am I?’ One who has recognised himself can recognise everything. All of you are new children. You can recognise it through very small things. What is this? My cloth, my plate, this is my body... But who am I? My body, my Buddhi, my mind, my citta... Who is this I? If you think, ‘my body’, then the body is one thing and you are another. Who are you? We must recognise this truth. The body, the mind: all these are instruments. What madness, to hold the instruments and imagine that the instruments themselves are I! So this body, Buddhi, citta and antaḥkaraṇa are all instruments. You are the master. Master the mind, be a mastermind. You must be the master. You must not be a slave to the body, the Buddhi or the mind. Because man today has become a slave to the body, the Buddhi and the mind, he has become a slave to everything. We must keep the body under our control, we must keep the mind under our control; we must not be under its control. We must do everything as God's work. We must enter the path of Satya. We must take on the form of Dharma. We must gain a heart of Śānti. We must enter into Ahiṃsā. Every one of these has come forth from oneself. Reflection of the innerbeing. Violence is not outside; it is in you alone. Evil is not outside; it is in you alone. You are developing your own evil. First of all root out your own evil. Wherever you look, you will see only good. You have no right to decide, ‘This one is bad, this one is good.’ That good and bad are your own, not other people's. So first of all, when evil comes, root it out, saying, ‘This evil is my own.’ When you see good, this is my good. Whatever colour of glasses you put on, things look that colour. Is that the fault of the world? No. It is the fault of the glasses you have put on. God's principle is what comes from the heart. Every thought of man comes forth from the heart. So the heart is God's seat. From there only what is pure must come. All our conduct must be pure conduct. But the conduct of today's young people looks very distorted. Such conduct does not bring the young a good name. Only when there is goodness does a young man win recognition. If one goes about as one pleases, thinking, ‘I am young,’ one is no youth. His is not a human heart. It is merely a beast's heart. What behaves as it pleases is a dog, not a man. So when you think of yourself as a man, show conduct fit for a man. Desire, anger, greed and delusion are all beastly qualities. They are not human qualities. In a moment you become angry. Take some time. Tell yourself, ‘I am not dog, I am man.’ Haste makes waste, waste makes worry, so don't be in a hurry. We must not be hasty. When crazy feelings come, reflect, ‘I am no monkey; I am a human being.’ When you reflect in that way, the monkey feelings go. For every illness that arises in man, the divine medicines are within himself. The medicines fit for these evil qualities are within you. If you develop good qualities, the evil qualities go. You will not be a slave at all to the disease of evil qualities. Today the whole world is suffering from just such things: evil qualities, evil thoughts, evil feelings.
Embodiments of the divine Ātma!
If we are to wipe out these evil qualities and this unrest today, it is the young women and young men who are able to do it. If we raise young women and young men of good character, all the worries of the world will be rooted out. Today man must try to foster pure qualities. We must reduce our desires. We must live human life within proper limits. Today desires are the root cause of all man's sorrows. And in the young, even more desires are springing up. We must reduce these desires to a great extent. You are a student. Pursue your learning. Pass well, with good marks. Then take up a job. Honour your parents. Serve them. Serve your elders. Do fitting service to the country. Develop your life in society. You must earn a good name in society. Only then will your studies bring the fruit they should.