My task is to give you the stuff that you need now, in a form that is both sweet and digestible. I have to tell you the things I have told you often before; for, until digestion is well established, medicine has to be taken. Cry, so that you can digest the joy of knowing God; cry and shed tears of joy. Really, you are all lucky, eminently fortunate that you are here now in the Presence listening to these words. Take your fill of this Anandarasa (essence of Bliss) and having digested it, come again with a sharpened appetite.

To digest the lessons that you imbue through holy company or through the study of great books, practice them in daily life. Manana (recapitulation) is a very important sadhana; dwell in silence on the implications of the lessons you have come across. Listening to such talks should not end with shravanam (listening) only; follow it up with mananam (rumination, digestion).