The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.

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

He who has realized the Self in the Heart has transcended the dualities and is never perplexed.

The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within. Pleasure is not to be sought in the external world.

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

The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger whom you await, he is bound to disappear also. What is the use of a transient being like that? But so long as you think you are separate or that you are the body, an external master is also necessary and he will appear to have a body. When the wrong identification of oneself with the body ceases, the master will be found to be none other than the Self.

The ego's phenomenal existence is transcended when you dive into the source from where the `I'-thought rises