Passage 3

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In plain words

It was born from the earth itself. In the same way, Divinity too is present in the human body itself. ‘Daivaṃ mānuṣa rūpeṇa.’ Every person our eyes behold is indeed an embodiment of God! Look: many heads, many hands, many eyes are to be seen here. All these heads, too, are none other than the heads of God! With this very truth in view, the Veda said, ‘Sahasra śīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt.’ Transcendental love is divinity. How are we to experience such Divinity? We must experience it in deep silence, with the feeling that the Ātma is one.

There is very great power contained in silence. Only in deep silence can we experience the principle of God. That is why they said, ‘Silence is gold.’ God gave us a mouth not merely for talking. By talking too much, we become guilty of misusing the mouth. So, as far as possible, we must keep silence. In ancient times the ṛṣis kept the vow of silence. Silence does not mean merely holding back speech; we must rein in our thoughts. Only then does Divinity, the Transcendental Power, reveal itself to us. It is beyond the reach of word and mind. This divine power is in every human being too. We can bring it into our own experience only through Prema joined with oneness. When we gain that divine experience, wherever we look, the form of Satya reveals itself to us.

Sights seen by the outward eye alone delude us in many ways. If we close our eyes in silence and enquire with inner vision, Satya becomes clear to us. Such a divine experience cannot be described in words. All that we are seeing is nothing but the form of the Paramātma. What name can we give such a Paramātma! So it is a grave mistake to confine the Paramātma to one particular name and form. Ānanda is the very form of the Paramātma.