Within this body there is a transcendental person who is never born and who never becomes old or dies. He never becomes a child, a youth, or an old person. He is the controller of the entire world and all other souls. He is God. He never dies. He never changes His position. He is almighty; He knows past, present, and future; He is omniscient. He can do anything He likes, and He is also very merciful — causelessly merciful.
We are part and parcel of God, but now we have forgotten Him and that is why another of His potencies, māyā, has taken us to this world and has covered our souls. We have forgotten who we are and who is God, and we are now in an endless chain of birth, death, sorrow, and suffering. Because of this forgetfulness, no one in this world is happy. We are not serving God or desiring His mercy, and we are not coming out of His deluding potency māyā. That is why we are always suffering.
December 27, 1998 Perth