There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.

Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.

When the mind is left without anything to cling to, it becomes still.

Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all.

The activity affected by causes like fainting, sleep, excessive joy, grief, possession by spirits, fear etc goes to the heart, its own place.

Food affects the mind. For the practice of any kind of yoga, vegetarianism is absolutely necessary since it makes the mind more pure and harmonious.