In plain words
Wherever you go, you must believe that divinity is near you. It is not enough to be merely ‘near’ to divinity; you must also be ‘dear’. Only then will fear leave you. The reason fear has entered man today is just this: he cannot recognise the form of divinity!
Sanatkumāra's teaching of Jñāna to Nārada
Students! The sayings of the Upaniṣads and the teachings of the Emperor Manu are very deep and hidden. Only when you inquire into them well are they understood in their subtlety. Man pursues many studies and comes to know many things. But he cannot recognise the divinity that is in humanity. Without that divinity there is no humanity at all. But man cannot know himself. Once Nārada went to Sanatkumāra. “Well, Nārada, what have you come for?” asked Sanatkumāra. “I have come to know my true nature,” answered Nārada. When he asked, “What qualifications do you have for knowing your true nature?”, Nārada said, “I have studied the four Vedas and the six śāstras thoroughly.” Then Sanatkumāra: “Nārada! You have studied the four Vedas and the six śāstras, and you do not know who you are? Had you put into practice what you studied, you would have been able to recognise your true nature. It is not enough to study the Vedas and śāstras; what matters is putting them into practice,” he taught.
Every jīva is the reflection of God!
Sanatkumāra told Nārada something very good. Without knowing yourself, however many Vedas and śāstras you recite, however many pilgrimages you make, all of them are useless! First know yourself. Who are you? Instead of asking others that, Who am I? ask that of yourself.