Passage 4

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In plain words

The Veda teaches, “Speak the truth, speak what is pleasing; do not speak the truth that is unpleasing.” But man forgets so eternal a principle and scrambles after things that do not last. True conduct is itself morality. We must nourish such morality. You are embodiments of Satya. Satya is God. You must recognise this Satya first of all. The ground of Satya is Dharma. “There is no Dharma higher than Satya.” Śānti arises only from the oneness of Satya and Dharma. Śānti abounds in those who lead their lives with Satya and Dharma. We need not search for where Śānti is. Where Satya and Dharma are, there Śānti is. Where these three are, Ahiṃsā arises naturally. But the root and ground of all of these is Prema. Satya, Dharma, Śānti, Prema and Ahiṃsā are our five life-breaths. These five life-breaths are the very forms of the Paramātma. If there is no Satya in us, it is as though one life-breath has gone. If Dharma wanes in us, it is as though two life-breaths have gone. We must guard these life-breaths well.

Nature is like a mirror

Today every field, employment, business and the rest, has become polluted. What is the reason for this? Impurity has entered man's heart. When we make our heart pure, everything appears pure to us. The world is the reflection of the heart. When we fill our heart with Prema, the whole world becomes full of Prema. Nature is like a mirror. In a mirror nothing is seen but a reflection. So all that we see and experience in this world is only our ‘reflection, reaction, resound’! If anything bad is seen, it is our own reflection. If we hear anything bad, that too is our own reflection. The good and the bad within us are what we see outside. So we must never lay the least blame on others. This whole world rests on man's conduct and his transformation. Only when man is good does the world become good.