In plain words
He misuses the power within him; he wastes his intelligence. When man makes a good effort, everything is achieved.
Know yourself!
You must believe that every object seen in this world is the form of the Paramātma. In the world there is only one; there is no second at all. Unable to recognise that truth, you fall prey to many kinds of delusion. You read books written by someone and believe them. But you do not believe in the principle of the Ātma. Self-confidence is to be seen in no one. There are all kinds of ‘confidence’, but ‘self-confidence’ there is none. When that is missing, what is the use however many other things there are? If that one thing is there, there is nothing in this world we cannot achieve. We must try to recognise the principle of the Ātma, divine, glorious and ever new. But today man makes no effort to recognise himself. If he is asked to say who he is, he gives his name and the names of his parents. Ask God the same question, and He says, “Ahaṃ brahmāsmi”, “I am Brahman.” Unable to recognise this truth, we take wrong paths in many ways and are confused. We make no effort to know what we must know; we try to know what cannot be known. Is it possible to know the divinity that fills everything? It is not possible; it is ‘impossible’! Whatever happens, we must regard it all as the will of God. It is from the feeling of ‘mine’ and ‘yours’ alone that all differences grow. In truth there is no difference at all of ‘you’ and ‘I’. You and I are one. Do not think that divinity is somewhere apart. “I am God. I am with this body. But I am not this body”: recognise this. The body is a water bubble, the mind a mad monkey. The Buddhi wavers.