The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.
As you are, so is the world.
Even in intake, the one steadfast thought is said to be the natural state. Nirvikalpa Samadhi will result when the sensory objects are not present.
One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
Nobody doubts that he exists, though he may doubt the existence of God. If he finds out the truth about himself and discovers his own source, this is all that is required.
We are in our Self. We are not in the world.
There is a state when words cease and silence prevails.
There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.
3. It is said that the I-activity is the root of all activities. From where the I-thought emerges, that in short is the heart.
The world is not outside you.
To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.
It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
In truth, you are spirit. The body has been projected by the mind, which itself originates from Spirit.
The more you prune a plant, the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.
All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All that is necessary is to know its existence is in you. You are never out of its operation.
All that one gives to others one gives to one’s self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
I see only what you see, but I notice what I see.
There must be a subject to know the good and evil. That subject is the ego.