Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

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

Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the performance of one particular act is alone (considered) work? To be still is to be always engaged in work. To be silent is to be always talking.

To know one's Self is to be blissful always.

Peace is for the purification of one's mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.

The solution to your problem is to see who has it.

The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.