From Maha Yoga, Chapter 12,

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"When camphor burns, no residue is left. The mind must be like camphor, itmust melt away and be wholly consumed by the earnest resolve to find and bethe real Self; by this resolve the 'Who Am I?' quest becomes efficacious.When the mind is thus consumed-when no trace of it as mind is left-it hasbecome resolved into the Self."People who look for specific results from meditation but do not get them,become discouraged and conclude that meditation has done them no good; tothem the Sage says: "It does not matter at all whether these results areattained or not. The attainment of steadiness is the main thing; it is thegreat gain. Anyhow they must trust

themselves to God and wait for His Gracewithout impatience. The same rule applies to japa also; japa uttered evenonce does good, whether the person is aware of it or not ."Meditation and Mind control: "Meditation (dhyana) is a battle; for it isthe effort to keep hold of one thought to the exclusion of all else; otherthoughts arise and try to sink that thought; when the latter gains strengththe others are put to flight. Breath-regulation (parayana) is for him thatcannot directly control his thoughts; it serves as a brake serves a car,but one should not stop with breath-regulation; after its purpose isgained-the quieting of the mind's restlessness-one should take up

thepractice of concentration; in course of time it will become possible todispense with control of the breath; the mind will then become quiet assoon as meditation is attempted. When meditation is well established it canno more be given up; it will go on automatically even during work, play andother activities. It will go on even in sleep. The means for gettingwell-established in meditation is meditation itself. Meditationextinguishes all thoughts and then the Truth alone remains.""People ask me how to control the mind. I reply: 'Show me the mind.' Themind is no more than the series of thoughts. How can it be controlled byone of those thoughts,

namely the desire to control the mind? It is foolishto seek to end the mind by the mind itself. The only way is to find themind's Source and keep hold of it. Then the mind will fade away of itself.There are just two ways of controlling the mind. Either seek its Source, orsurrender it to be struck down by the Supreme Power."Being asked how one can find his Guru, the Sage said: "By intense meditation." -From Maha Yoga, Chapter 12, titled "Some More Sayings of the Sage"

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