In plain words
This is not mine. What is this 'mine'? I am the very 'I' that is in me.
Embodiments of Prema! Sādhana: so many people keep on doing sādhanas. They do japa and meditation. But all these are futile. Yet in some time these very things give rise to changes. These passing sādhanas are not true. All is impermanent, untrue. We should not grieve over this impermanence. We must always try to recognise what is true. Whatever the circumstances, we must not shed tears. What do we suffer for? Only as long as we think, 'This is mine.' When we think, 'It is not mine,' there is no suffering at all. So, if you want to stay in Śānti always, without suffering, you must recognise the truth 'I am I'. If you think this way, no suffering of any kind will afflict you. Above all, do not foster in the least attachment to the body, or attachment to the things connected with the body. If you develop sacrifice in this way, you will be blessed in every way. What you must achieve is sacrifice, not indulgence. The thought 'I want this' is itself indulgence. The thought 'This is not mine' is itself yoga. That yoga alone is the true and fitting strength.
Embodiments of Prema! To recognise such strength, Jesus went on doing many sādhanas. One day his parents took Jesus to the festival at Jerusalem. In the press of the crowd the boy was lost from sight. Where was the boy? He had gone into the church and was listening closely to all that the priest said. His parents were searching. They searched until sunset. He was not found. Mary and Joseph were both distressed. After the worship was over, the boy was found. 'My child! Where did you go? We have been searching from daybreak until now.' 'Mother! I did not go anywhere. My foot did not cross the threshold. I was right inside.' 'What are you doing?' 'I am striving to carry out, without fail, the things that are taught.' In the same way, when man would find the principle that is in him, he searches outside, not within himself. Today every man searches for God outside; he does not search for the God who is in him. God is right within him. He himself is there as God. Yet he searches outside. One small example. See for yourselves. You are right here. How can you go outside and see yourself? Seeing it is simply not possible. For that reason alone, will you think the 'I' is not there? If, searching everywhere, you ask whether such-and-such a boy is here, they will say, 'You yourself, my dear, are that boy.' Then he can recognise his own truth. To know of this oneness is very easy, but you must believe it fully. The 'I' is not outside me. It is present in me alone. So, through the power of tapas, he himself is ever seen within and without.
Embodiments of Prema! Searching for yourself is itself true realisation. Once you know that, there will be no more sufferings at all. A man was reading a book. While reading, he put a ten-rupee note in the book. He forgot it. Another day he asked a friend to give him ten rupees. He said, 'I will give it; sit down.' Saying, 'What is this book?', he took it and read on. In it a ten-rupee note came to light. Then: 'Oh dear! I myself put it in my book some time ago. I myself forgot it. I asked for ten rupees. I do not need your ten rupees. The very ten rupees I had put away have come to me.' One must search within oneself alone; there is no need at all to search outside.
Students, embodiments of Prema! With so many kinds of fears and alarms, you are making so many kinds of efforts. Do not search outside for anything whatever. It is present within you alone. Your all is present within you alone.