In plain words
Whether we wish for it or not, good deeds bring good results. Bad looks, bad words, bad thoughts, bad deeds … all these bring on great danger. “Do you know why the eyes were given? Is it to look at everything? No, no. It is to gaze your fill on the Dweller in Kailāsa, my friend! Do you know why the mind was given? Is it to wander through lanes and alleys? No, no. It is to behold the beautiful form of God, to remember the Name of God with all your heart, and to experience Ānanda, my friend!”
Inquiring in this way, what is good? What is bad? We must recognise this and act accordingly. Now and then our gaze goes out in a very bad way. ‘Away! Was it to look at others that God gave me eyes! No, no. I must look at good people’: so each one must admonish himself. Many people keep speaking bad words; they keep reviling others. This is a great sin. Instead of reviling others, revile the bad that is in you. No human being can escape undergoing the fruit of karma. To every person born in the world, both good and bad keep on happening. Great souls recognise this Satya, forget the bad, keep only the good in mind, and go on experiencing Ānanda.
Use the five senses in a sacred way
We call this world ‘prapañca’. Prapañca means the very shining forth of the five elements, the very unfolding of the five elements! Only when man experiences his five senses and the five elements in a sacred way does his birth become worthwhile. Man today is leading them into unholy ways. What is more, he thinks this is natural to him. But it is not natural. For the moment it may seem natural to us, but later on troubles as big as mountains come chasing after us. We must not lead any one of our five senses into unholy ways. If something bad is happening, we stand there watching.