Cleanse your hearts through pure habits. You sit before the idol and offer praise, the incense of worship, but you do not now try to grasp the significance of the Divine that you see in the idol. Inquire into the Will of God, discover the Commands of God, guess what will please Him most, and regulate your life accordingly. Let this be your New Year Resolution. Do not get caught in the sticky tangles of outer Nature. Do not harden your heart through greed and hate. Soften it with Love. Cleanse it through pure habits of living and thinking. Use it as the shrine, wherein you instal your God.

Cleanse the heart with the water of Prema and the detergents, prayer and contrition; so that the stains of desire might be removed. Then God will pour His Grace into it. You should give up Lokabhranthi and Dehabhranthi, that is to say, attachment towards the body and to the external world, if you yearn for God.

The waving of the camphor flame at the end of the Bhajan sessions is to remind you that your sensual cravings must be burnt away without leaving any trace behind, and you must offer yourself to God for being merged with His Glory. (SSS Vol.5, p. 231)