In plain words
Turn the Mind towards God
They say that Īśvara dwells on the Himācala. What does Himācala mean? Hima means snow. Acala means that which does not move. Snow is white and cool; it melts easily. Whiteness is the sign of purity, coolness the sign of serenity. So the heart that is pure, serene, unmoving and stainless is itself the Himācala. Only what melts with kindness and compassion is a heart. It is in such a heart that Īśvara dwells. But today your heart is shaken by desires that go beyond all limits. The more you cut down your desires, the more happily you can live. Offer all your burdens to God, and do all your actions to please God. When you stand with your back to the sun, your shadow looks many times bigger than you. Walking that way, however long you go on, you cannot get past your shadow. That shadow itself is Māyā. What must you do to get past it? You must turn your face towards the sun. Then the shadow falls behind you. In the same way, as long as your mind travels in the direction opposite to God, you will surely remain subject to Māyā. When you turn your mind towards God, Māyā will not trouble you in the least.
Think of God from Your Tender Years
Through the influence of this Kali age, and because modern education has gone beyond all bounds, character in man is dwindling. Without character, education and position are of no use. Worldly kinds of learning have to do only with an acquaintance with books. They serve only for earning a living; they cannot help in the least towards the supreme goal of life. Even so, worldly learning is certainly needed! But along with them, spiritual learning too is absolutely necessary. “Adhyātma vidyā vidyānāṃ.” All these kinds of worldly learning are like little rivers and streams. All of them are flowing into the ocean of the spiritual. “Nadīnāṃ sāgaro gatiḥ”: without the ocean, the rivers have no place at all. So, of all kinds of learning, spiritual learning is the most needed. Yet today even some educated parents are behaving without discernment. Some parents, when their children worship God or sing bhajans: “What is this, boy? Why do you need to think of God at such a young age?