Many people meditate in order that a third eye may open. For that they feel they should close their two physical eyes. They thereby become blind to the world. But the fact is that the third eye will never open. We can never close our eyes to the world in the name of spirituality. Self-realization is the ability to see ourselves in all beings. This is the third eye through which you see, even while your two eyes are open. We should be able to love and serve others, seeing ourselves in them. This is the fulfillment of spiritual practice.

The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.

Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything.

Ashrams and gurukulas (spiritual schools) are the pillars of spiritual culture. If we perform sadhana according to the guru's advice, we need not go anywhere else. We will get whatever we need from the guru.

What we need is peace of mind. We can gain that only through the control of our mind.

Money is not a problem, but unintelligent attachment to it is.

Love one another without any expectations. Then, there is no need to go anywhere in search of heaven.