March 12

Embrace tranquility; he who is at peace within himself beholds the truth.

March 13

When you realize that which is indicated by the words, then naturally you will abandon the jugglery of words....So long as this truth is not directly experienced by you, you will have to accept my word for it....This ignorance will not go away without self-knowledge and self-knowledge arises only when the scriptures are studied deeply.

March 14

Rest in what remains after all [notions, thoughts, desires, ideation] have been given up and renounce the renouncer of these notions. When even the notion of the ego-sense has ceased, you will be like the infinite space....O Rama, I have examined all the scriptures and investigated the truth; there is no salvation without the total renunciation of all notions or ideas or mental conditioning.

March 15

It is impossible to abandon enjoyment of pleasure, and it is not possible to end sorrow without abandoning such enjoyment: this indeed is a problem, but since the mind is the crucial factor in all this, surely if the mind once tastes the supreme peace, freed of all world-illusion, it will not abandon that and run after sense-pleasure.

March 16

That which was not in the beginning and which will cease to be after a time, How can that be regarded as truth? That alone can be regarded as truth which has always been and which will always be. 

March 17

The one self perceives itself within itself as the infinite consciousness. Therefore, there is no sorrow, no delusion, no birth (creation), nor creature: whatever is, is. Be free from distress, O Rama. Be free of duality; remain firmly established in the self, abandoning even concern for your own welfare. Be at peace within, with a steady mind. Let there be no sorrow in your mind. Rest in the inner silence. Remain alone, without self-willed thoughts. 

March 18

Be brave, having conquered the mind and the senses. Be desireless, content with what comes to you unsought. Live effortlessly, without grabbing or giving up anything. Be free from all mental perversions and from the binding taint of illusion. Rest content in your own self. Thus, be free from distress. Remain in an expansive state in the self like the full ocean. Rejoice in the self by the self, like the blissful rays of the full moon....Becoming constantly aware of the inner light, such a blessed one instantly ascends into the utterly pure state.