In plain words
As long as there is the Ahaṅkāra that says ‘I’ and the attachment that says ‘mine’, the divine principle does not reach the heart of man. What must we do to recognise God? In the past many people performed rites such as yajñas and yāgas and tried to have a direct vision of God. But none succeeded. Then how can a direct vision of God be had? God is eternal, stainless, endless, the very form of immortality. No one can understand such a God by any means at all. Some people think, “God appeared to me in meditation; He appeared to me in the yajña.” That is only their illusion. Even if some vision is granted, it too is passing. Where is God? He is in the heart of all as the Ātma. He who is the Ātma must be found through the Ātma itself; it is not right merely to make up many names and forms.
The Name of Rāma that made stones float on water
Rāma resolved to build a causeway across the ocean in order to reach Laṅkā, slay Rāvaṇa and bring back Sītā. The monkey heroes, Hanumān, Jāmbavān and the rest, said, “Swami, we will build the causeway in a minute.” The monkeys went off, tore huge boulders out of the hills, brought them and threw them into the sea. But all of them sank. Then Lakṣmaṇa, to Rāma: “Brother! Every object created in this world must perish one day; even rivers must dry up; even the human body must fall away. Even mountains must sink; there is only one thing that does not sink. That is Your Name. It is true, it is eternal. If the causeway is built on the strength of that, it will surely stand,” he said. Rāma patted Lakṣmaṇa on the back: “Lakṣmaṇa! You have told the right way,” he said. Hanumān: “Swami! That we can do,” he said. Then each monkey wrote ‘Rāma’ on the stone he had brought and threw it into the sea.