In plain words
The body, the mind: all these are God's own gifts! So we must respect them too.
Reading the Saccaritra bears fruit only when the heart changes for the good
It is not enough for us to read all that is written in books and enjoy it. We must put it into practice. Yesterday a boy came and said, “Swami, I have read the Saccaritra of Shirdi Bābā right through.” “Oho… You have read the Saccaritra right through?” I asked, and he said, “I read it without leaving out a single letter, Swami.” When I asked, “How many of them are you putting into practice?”, he said, “I have not put a single one into practice.” Then what was the reading for? Merely to turn the pages? No, you must turn your heart. A good change must come about in your heart. Only then does your devotional reading of the Saccaritra bear fruit. We do many kinds of sādhana. But these are all bound up with our delusion; they are not true sādhana. To see ‘reality’, you must turn your vision inward. When you open your eyes and look at the world outside, all these heads come into view. Close your eyes and look within yourself: you will see no one other than yourself. First of all, look at yourself. ‘Who am I?’ ‘I am I.’ This alone is the right answer. ‘I am Rāmayya’, ‘I am an American’: these are not right answers. Those are all outward, worldly names. They are not what matters. Examine your heart! Test it! That alone matters for you. Only then will Satya become visible to you.
‘Educare’ helps one grasp the truth ‘I am I’
Today Goldstein and Srinivasan spoke very finely, above all on education. They said ‘education’ is what concerns the world. But ‘Educare’ does not concern the world. It concerns you. Through it alone does it become possible to grasp the truth “I am I”. You must not say, “I am so and so”; you must be able to say, “I am I.”