In plain words
At home the women do the cooking. They put in so much salt, so much dal, so much chilli. But however much they put in, if they go on doing it in the feeling of offering it to God, ‘All this is for God, all this is for God’, it all turns out holy. Instead: “I am cooking so that my family can eat. I am cooking so that it tastes good to them”: if they cook in that feeling, none of it reaches God. You must do every single thing with God in mind. Whatever work you do, even as you put one foot forward, you must keep remembering, “Rām, Rām, Rām.” You must feel, ‘This is a step that God has me take.’ God has taken on a subtle form in every atom and in every particle. When you recognise this truth, every step you take goes nearer to God. Some, unable to recognise it: “I came here on foot. I have walked so many miles”: so they think. But however many miles you walk in that feeling, it is only physical, not spiritual.
Whatever work we do, we must do it with God in mind. We must feel, “All is God's command.” With a feeling as holy as this, just once, morning and evening, think of ‘Rāma’: that is enough. Any Name at all will do; say it from the heart, that is enough. In a clock the seconds hand just keeps going round. But we give it no value. The hour hand alone has real value. In the same way, say the Name from the lips alone and not from the heart, however many times, and it has no value; think of it from the heart even once, and great fruit comes of it.
Do nāmasmaraṇa with a pure citta, and even a life that has gone comes back
Let anyone say what they like; you need not take any notice of it. Say the Name of God from your heart. But today the number of those who say it from the heart is very small. “My throat is not right today. I have caught a cold. So I cannot sing,” some say.