In plain words
‘I am I’: this is what you must recognize
As long as you do not forget oneness, you yourself are God. It is a mistake to think that Divinity is somewhere else. Because your sight is bound up with diversity, Divinity appears separate from you. So keep your sight fixed on oneness. Recognize, “I am I”. This Divinity called “I” is in all. If you think of Sai Baba as this bodily form, you become separate from Sai Baba. “I am I”. This is what you must recognize. The feelings of difference, “You are separate, I am separate”, are what separate us; in the world multiplicity is seen; we ourselves think in terms of multiplicity; a great mistake.
All that appears as many is bound up with oneness! That very oneness is you. That itself is Divinity. That itself is the root principle called “I”. When you stand in a hall of mirrors and look at yourself, you see yourself as ever so many people. The mirrors that show you your reflection differ, but the reflection is one, is it not! You must recognize the Satya that this very oneness is ‘I’. When you pour water into a vessel and look into it, your own face is seen there as a reflection. The vessels called bodies differ, but in all of them you yourself appear to yourself as the reflection.
What shows oneness as multiplicity is Māyā
Embodiments of Prema! What you must know is Divinity, which is oneness. If you know that one, you will have known everything; you will have seen everything. Though it appears different to the worldly eye, Divinity is one everywhere. We can see such Divinity clearly. You invent many names and forms for Divinity. This is a great mistake. Divinity does not exist in countless forms. All is one! ‘Ekaṃ sat viprāḥ bahudhā vadanti’. All that you see is Divinity itself, yet you think of it as many. That itself is Māyā. What shows oneness as multiplicity is Māyā. What exists is not multiplicity but oneness alone! Diversity is nothing but your delusion! Forget diversity. Contemplate Divinity. At one time Rādhā developed the feeling of the Ātma and recognized that Kṛṣṇa was not apart from her.