This constant thinking and thinking weighs heavily on your mind and causes you much worry and anxiety for nothing. Do not let any material thoughts or worries disturb your mind and eat it away. Let people say what they please. Be like a rock that is unaffected by the continuous blasts of wind and remains firm in its place without moving an inch. Do not be like a leaf of a tree moved here and there by the slightest breeze, and eventually falling off.

Take that case of a small insect or fly which troubles and disturbs you at times. What do you do to drive it away? You merely raise your hand and wave it to make the insect buzz away. Similarly, you should try to drive away the idle words of people of the world that fall upon your ears, and remain indifferent toward them.

Stick to one thing only, one Eternal Truth. I have seen it, experienced it, and from my own experience I tell you that there is nothing, absolutely nothing in this world or elsewhere except Truth. There was no past, there is no present, there will be no future. There is absolutely nothing except an idle dream. Those who dream of father, mother, children, wealth, property, etc. dream only vacant dreams. For there is nothing like any of these. All the world, all the universe, nay, all this that you call "existence" is nothing but a dream. These are like scenes seen and experienced in a vacant dream, but found out to be false and unreal when one awakens.

Hence, stick to the Truth — the only Goal for one and all, and towards that aim rush fearlessly, even if you have to affront the whole world. This Truth — this Paramatma — is nowhere to be searched for. For It is very near you, much nearer than your own body. It is with you and within you. It is so near that you cannot even imagine — nearer than your very breath. Then, why seek Him elsewhere? Seek Him within you.

You could all see Him easily, but for the four big "devils" who stand in your way and do not allow you to do so. These four devils are — the false ego, lust, anger, and greed. Of these, the worst is egoism. From your earliest childhood to advanced old age, this I is the greatest obstacle in the path of spiritual advancement.