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That Is The Ego Which Rises And Sinks Periodically. But You Exist Always. That Which Lies Beyond The Ego Is Consciousness - The Self.

Realisation Is Nothing New To Be Acquired. It Is Already There, But Obstructed By A Screen Of Thoughts. All Our Attempts Are Directed To Lifting This Screen And Then Realisation Is Revealed.

Place Your Burden At The Feet Of The Lord Of The Universe Who Is Ever Victorious And Accomplishes Everything. Remain All The Time Steadfast In The Heart, In The Transcendental Absolute. God Knows The Past, Present And Future. He Will Determine The Future For You And Accomplish The Work. What Is To Be Done Will Be Done At The Proper Time. Don't Worry. Abide In The Heart And Surrender Your Acts To The Divine.

The Seat Of Realization Is Within And The Seeker Cannot Find It As An Object Outside Him. That Seat Is Bliss And Is The Core Of All Beings. Hence It Is Called The Heart.

It Is False To Speak Of Realization. What Is There To Realize? The Real Is As It Is Always. We Are Not Creating Anything New Or Achieving Something Which We Did Not Have Before. The Illustration Given In Books Is This. We Dig A Well And Create A Huge Pit. The Space In The Pit Or Well Has Not Been Created By Us. We Have Just Removed The Earth Which Was Filling The Space There. The Space Was There Then And Is Also There Now. Similarly We Have Simply To Throw Out All The Age-long Sanskaras [innate Tendencies] Which Are Inside Us. When All Of Them Have Been Given Up, The Self Will Shine Alone.