In plain words
Without earning such Jñāna of the Ātma, what use is it, however much worldly knowledge you earn? You read many books. Where did what is in the books come from? It came from man's own head. What came from the head you are putting back into the head. But the Jñāna of the Ātma comes neither from a book nor from the head. It springs from the seat of the heart. If you would attain such Jñāna of the Ātma, you must keep the mind under control.
The mind is quite mad. It is only a gathering of thoughts. Bad thoughts make the mind impure. So first of all you must cleanse the mind. You long for Mukti. What is Mukti? You are hungry. When you eat, the hunger is gone. The body falls ill. When you take medicine, the illness is cured. This is bodily Mukti. The mind too needs Mukti. To make the restless mind steady is Mukti of the mind. But these are physical. Then what is true Mukti? To recognise the principle of the Ātma, which knows no coming and going, is true Mukti.
Dhyāna means …
Foolish men do not understand divinity rightly. They think that if they do dhyāna they will have the vision of God. What, in truth, is dhyāna? It is a Way of life. Our whole life is bound up with dhyāna. For example, when you walk on the road, or drive a car, your eyes must stay on the road. Otherwise you may have an accident. Concentration is needed for every task you do. But does concentration become dhyāna? No, no. You must go beyond concentration. That is, you must still the feelings of the mind. You must see to it that there are no thoughts of any kind. That is true dhyāna. Long ago the Gopīs followed this very path. Their gaze was always on Kṛṣṇa alone.
Every day the Gopīs would go to Yaśodā's house and light their lamps. Their feeling was that if they brought a light from the house where Kṛṣṇa was, their own homes too would become sacred. Once a new daughter-in-law named Suguṇa came to that village.