Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge.

Bliss is a thing which is always there and is not something which comes and goes. That which comes and goes is a creation of the mind.

An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.

When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning.

The normal self is the mind. The mind is with limitations. But pure Consciousness is beyond limitations, and is reached by investigation into the "I."

Every living being longs always to be happy, untainted by sorrow; and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely due to the fact that happiness is his real nature. Hence, in order to realize that inherent and untainted happiness, which indeed he daily experiences when the mind is subdued in deep sleep, it is essential that he should know himself. For obtaining such knowledge the inquiry 'Who am I?' in quest of the Self is the best means.

Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?