God illumines the mind and shines within it. One cannot know God by means of the mind. One can but turn the mind inwards and merge it in God.

Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one's Self is to be blissful always.

By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea.

The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be inquired into.

Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness

Without knowing the Knower, all the knowledge that one gathers cannot be valid.

To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.