Man is an aspect of the Cosmic Consciousness. Unfortunately, however, because man directs his love towards worldly objects, he is unable to recognise his divinity. His mind gets polluted because of association with the external world. As a result, even his love gets tainted and his mind becomes incapable of cherishing the beauteous form of the Lord. Only when he directs his love towards God will man be able to experience the Divine within him. On the disturbed surface of the pond, the reflection of the moon is wavy. But on a clear surface, the moon’s reflection is clear and steady. In a muddy pond, the moon’s reflection is muddy. Likewise in the lake of a man’s life, if it is confused and fickle, his love also gets distorted. When the mind is pure, unselfish and unwavering, the Divine appears in all His purity and fullness. But because of the pollution of the mind through obsession with multifarious external objects, man today is unable to experience the Divine that is omnipresent and is equally in him. – Divine Discourse, Mar 06, 1989.