Without seeing the origin of light, the true form of one's Self, the ordinary man sees by the mind different things and is deluded.

Such happiness is relative and is better called pleasure or satisfaction.

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

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.

The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is foolish to attempt to kill the mind by means of the mind. The only way of doing it is to find its source and hold on to it. The mind will then fade away of its own accord.

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

Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.