The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen.

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

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

Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.

The 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do not see any paradox in it. Consider the case of the worshipper. He approaches God and prays to be absorbed in Him. He then surrenders himself in faith and by concentration. And what remains afterwards? In the place of the original 'I', self-surrender leaves a residuum of God in which the 'I' is lost. That is the highest form of devotion or surrender and the peak of detachment.

Having set one's family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.

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.