In plain words
The mighty powers that are in man are found nowhere else in the world. You look upon such sacred humanity with a petty mind. Man is the very embodiment of a portion of God. That is why Kṛṣṇa said in the Bhagavad Gītā, “It is a portion of Me alone, eternal, that has become the living being in the world of the living.” The inner voice too teaches this same truth. But man makes no effort at all to listen to his inner voice. He longs only for physical, worldly things. He deludes himself that through them he will gain joy. Falling into the Māyā of names and forms that are like bubbles on water, he puts far from himself a divinity that is like a ruby. The great value in man is the essence of qualities that are eternal truth, not forms and names.
‘Conscience’ and ‘Consciousness’
Man is tormented by many kinds of disease. Some are outward, some belong to the inner life. An outward disease is cured by the medicines a doctor gives. For the diseases of the inner life, the feeling of the Ātma is the divine medicine. So you must strive to recognise the truth of the Ātma. Ātma means Brahman itself. Brahman means the caitanya that is in every man. The caitanya that pervades everything has been called ‘Consciousness’. The caitanya in the human body has been called ‘Conscience’. When the oneness in multiplicity is recognised, what is called ‘Conscience’ turns into ‘Consciousness’. This is the inner meaning of caitanya. Holding so sacred a power in his own hand, man is swung to and fro by every kind of delusion. Satya and goodness: only these two stay with man always. No price can be put on them. So man must follow Satya and nurture goodness. He must not scramble after name and fame, which do not last. Now people fancy that we are giving the water of the Telugu Gaṅgā to Chennai. But Gaṅgā is not something anyone gives. It is a gift of grace from Prakṛti. Each receives it as his lot allows.