There is still a division between the prajna or wisdom, and the owner of that wisdom. Even the feeling, “I have realized God,” should go. Then you are completely free.

8Misconception occurs when knowledge of something is not based upon its true form.

There’s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep. Even if you encounter a rock, use dynamite and keep going down.

in mantra practice it is always in your heart, the most sacred place, because it is your beloved. And that’s why your mantra is to be kept sacred and secret. You don’t even reveal it to others, lest you lose the reverence for it.

When doubt is there, there is a carelessness, a sort of lethargic attitude or laziness. When the mind loses the interest and alertness toward the higher goal, it has to do something else so it will slowly descend to the sensual enjoyments.

The mind is a veil woven of thoughts. It has no substance by itself. If we pull the thoughts out one after the other, when they have all been removed, there is no mind left.

Next comes svadhyaya or study. This means study that concerns the true Self, not merely analyzing the emotions and mind as the psychologists and psychiatrists do. Anything that will elevate your mind and remind you of your true Self should be studied: the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, the Koran, these Yoga Sutras, or any uplifting scripture. Study does

22Although destroyed for one who has attained liberation, it [the seen] still exists for others, being common to them.

Every time you do something feel, “May this be dedicated to God.” If you constantly remember to do this, the mind will be free and tranquil.