Always enjoy the peace that is the result of the stoppage of all mental agitations. Do not allow the mind to run after this and that. Train it to keep quiet. Keep away and afar the mental reactions caused by contact with the external world. Then, you can become the very Being (Sat). That is the state of the sage or the state beyond the realm of the senses, where their decree does not run. That is the real self-realisation that is the goal of life. “Practice silence (mounam bhajasva),” it is said. But what is silence? Not simply keeping the mouth shut. It means getting beyond the influence of all the senses and getting established always in the consciousness of one’s own reality. Perpetual bliss is also perpetual peace. When the mind withdraws from the external world, the tongue also becomes silent; all senses follow suit - that is genuine silence! (Prasanthi Vahini, Ch 24)