In plain words
Ātma and Prema are simply other words for Brahman! Whether one is a believer, an unbeliever, or a believing unbeliever, the principle of Brahman is in all. Our in-breath and out-breath proclaim this truth 21,600 times a day as ‘So...ham’: I am Brahman. Where do these in-breaths and out-breaths come from? They arise from the very lotus of man's navel. That is why the Purāṇas described Brahmā as the one born from the navel-lotus of Viṣṇu. While the inner voice teaches “I am God” in this way 21,600 times a day, man pays it no heed and reads books. He recites the Vedas and the Śāstras. However much you read without following the inner voice, the result is nothing. The inner Ātma alone is man's foremost guru. The inner Ātma itself is Brahman. The inner Ātma itself is God.
The Principle of God
The Veda gave God the name ‘Amogha’. Amogha means the one who is eternal, the one who is beyond description. “I enjoyed an amogha joy,” some people say. Amogha joy means joy that has no end. Because He is ever ready to fulfil the heart's desires of His devotees, God has also been given the name ‘Siddhaḥ’. But because the prayers of devotees are not as they should be, no good comes of them. Only when you pray to God with perfect Bhakti can all your heart's desires be fulfilled. God is present in all beings and everywhere. There is nothing that He needs. He has no desires of any kind. Whatever He wishes, whatever He resolves, is only for the welfare of devotees. To God all are equal, from the poorest of the poor to the emperor. God alone is the true friend of all mankind. God alone is the ‘property’ that all mankind holds equally. All have an equal right to experience divinity. But for that, man must develop the purity of heart it calls for. Only what is filled with ‘compassion’ is a heart. But today, apart from ‘fashion’, there is no ‘compassion’ to be seen. Only one who has a mind is a human being. The mind is just the gathering together of intentions.