When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.

There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.

Good thoughts keep off bad thoughts. They must themselves disappear before the state of realization.

The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.

The world is so unhappy because it is ignorant of the true Self. Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true Self. Man’s search for happiness is an unconscious search for his true Self. The true Self is imperishable; therefore, when a man finds it, he finds a happiness which does not come to an end.

'I Am' is the name of God, God is none other than the Self.

If the mind falls asleep, awaken it. Then if it starts wandering, make it quiet. If you reach the state where there is neither sleep nor movement of mind, stay still in that, the natural (real) state.