I simply followed (my teacher's) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being 'I am', and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the 'I am' in my mind and soon peace and joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all disappeared -- myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence.

Surrender to your own self, of which everything is an expression.

Stop imagining yourself being or doing this or that and the realization that you are the source and heart of all will dawn on you.

Do what you believe in and believe in what you do. The rest is a waste of time and energy.

Stop, look, investigate, ask the right questions, come to the right conclusions and have the courage to act on them and see what happens. The first steps may bring the roof down on your head, but soon the commotion will clear and there will be peace and joy.

To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.

If you are angry or in pain, separate yourself from anger and pain and watch them. Externalization is the first step to liberation.