Vedas and Puranas deserve to be read and heard. God's name is
to be recited and listened to. For some ailments, medicines are
prescribed for external application while for others, they are
given for internal use. But for this universal ailment of
Bhavaroga, the cycle of birth and death, Sravana and Kirtana and
other medicines are prescribed, for external and internal use. One
has to utter as well as hear the Lord's name. An aspirant might
win God's grace, and the Guru's grace and the grace of the
devotees of the Lord. But all this grace would be of no avail if
he does not secure also another grace, the grace of his own inner
consciousness, his Anthahkarana. Without this grace, he falls into
perdition, for all the rest are no account whatsoever.
The grace of God is not easily attainable. The feeling of
I-ness, Ahamkara, which makes one say "I am the Doer", should be
plucked by the roots from the heart. Everyone, be he learned or
illiterate, should feel an overwhelming urge to know God. God has
equal affection towards all his children, for to illumine is the
nature of light. Utilising that illumination, some can read good
books and others can do their daily tasks, whatever they are. So
too, uttering God's name one can progress in the realisation of
God, another can even do wicked deeds! It all depends on how you
use the light. But the Lord's name is without blemish, always and
for ever.