Listen carefully. Ruminate over whatever you have heard. Put into practice whatever you have absorbed. This is the meaning of the Upanishadic injunction: Shravanam (listen), Mananam (ruminate), Nididhyasanam (practice). Just as there is no meaning in preparing delicious food unless it is consumed and digested, it is useless to listen to discourses unless you put into practice what you have learnt. Only then can the bliss of learning be experienced. Metaphysical lectures alone will not transform the mind. What is learnt must be put into practice. This is the real Vedanta you have to learn today. This is the spirituality that is vital for you. The Lord’s name on your lips, thoughts of God in your mind, seeing the Lord with your eyes and meditating on the Lord with love-these four will give you ineffable bliss. Strive to experience this bliss. (SSS Vol.26, p. 201)