Don’t chase your mind. You must have the complete conviction in the mind that nothing is true except the Self. Mind is the greatest bondage. If you want to be realized, you have to throw off your mind. Your mind can merge into Reality when you don’t give value to the world. Ego is the only factor that doesn’t allow you to know the Reality. Unless you drop the ego, you can not experience the Reality. When you have strong convictions that I don’t exist and also the world doesn’t exist, only then can you experience That, ”He“. Actually, He is always there, but if “ I “ goes off, only then can you experience He is there. Mind, knowledge, intellect, possession, all these are appearances on you. When you throw all the appearances on you, only then can you see Yourself (That, He ). Everyone is That, He.
Sadguru Shri Avadhootanand Maharaj, Nisargadatta Ashram, Mogarbav (Vangaon).