( sthiti - prakaranam ) The wise man should engage himself in the enquiry into the nature of the reality, in the company of holy ones.
He should not be involved in unworthy company or conduct, nor in inactivity.
( VI.2 - 187 ) A momentary movement in consciousness is understood by it as 'This is creation'; when there is a momentary movement of energy in consciousness, it knows it as 'This is an epoch'.
( V - 36 ) O self, you destroy, you protect, you give, you roar and you function here although you are completely free from ego-sense: indeed this is a great wonder.
( III - 47-50 ) Whatever it be that a person asks of me, I bestow upon him that fruit: it is but natural that fire gives you heat.
( VI.2 - 99 ) Notions like 'I am this' 'This is mine' are common to both human beings and worms, with all the lofty implications of such notions.
( VI.2 - 186 ) If the infinite consciousness is compared to the homogeneous deep sleep state, that part of it which as comparable to a dream, is known as the mind.
It is this mind that, as the jiva, sees itself as god, demon etc., and also liberates all beings from such diversity.
( III - 102 ) You are ever free; why do you call yourself bound and then grieve?
The self is infinite; why, how and by whom is it bound?
( III - 76 77 ) For, whoever wishes to enjoy unalloyed happiness, fame and long life, should by all means honour and worship good men, by giving them all that they might wish to have.
( III - 91 ) That individualised consciousness itself is known as the jiva or the individual soul, when the potentialities are in an extremely subtle state.
And, when all this jugglery of the jiva ceases, that itself shines as the supreme being.