We are trying to discover God searching for Him, throughout the Universe, but, we omit to investigate His existence within ourselves, as the very core and keystone of our being. When you discover yourself all wailing ceases and you attain supreme happiness. This is real self knowledge. (SSS Vol.7, p. 225)
Man is innately Divine; the Divine comes automatically into his consciousness. But the curtain of maya prevents that thrilling contact; that illumining revelation. This maya is also a Divine artifice, it is a vehicle or upadhi of the Lord. There is a story that, once the Lord got angry at maya and wanted ‘her’ to disappear, for people are being led astray by her wiles. Maya said, it seems, ‘I am the veil that you wear; I am the fog that has arisen out of your own will; I am as widespread as You are; I am, wherever You are; give me a place where You are not; I shall take refuge there’. Each one of you can tear the veil by attaining the knowledge of the Reality of God; or, you can plead, by prayer, to the Lord Himself to lift it a little so that you may have vision of His Reality. (SSS Vol. 6, p. 16)
When the senses are made ineffective to drag the mind out, man can attain peace. That is the real sadhana, the basic sadhana; the withdrawal of the senses from the objective world, Nivritti marga. (SSS Vol. 6, p. 28)
It is very easy to attain God. If you ask which is the easiest thing to attain, in this world, it is only God. You can attain God in no time without undergoing any strain. It is very easy to experience love. Love is very powerful. There is nothing in this world, which can surpass it. When you look at it, love appears to be very small. But it is as deep as an ocean and as high as a mountain. It is inexhaustible and infinite. You should realise this principle of love. Nobody can describe the principle of love because of the limitations of the circumstances and experiences. (SSS Vol.40, p. 135)