Q: Worries of worldly life trouble me much, and I do not find happiness anywhere.
M: Do these worries trouble you in sleep?
Q: No.
M: Are you the same person now as you were in sleep, or are you not?
Q: Yes.
M: So, it proves that the worries do not belong to you.
Those who believe the mind to be real will not be able to subdue it. In the state in which the mind appears to be real, the thief [the mind] cheats by putting on the dress of the policeman [in order to pretend to catch himself]. Hence, we must know how to destroy the mind by knowing its real nature.
People ask me how to control the mind. The answer is, ‘Show me the mind’. It is but a bundle of thoughts. How will the mind, which is a collection of thoughts, come under control by a thought of controlling it? Reach its source, therefore. Seek the Atman. All misery will come to an end if you turn your mind inwards. If you feel that the world is created by the imagination of the individual soul, then that imagination must be given up. If you think that God has created the world, then surrender to Him all your responsibilities and leave the burden of the whole world to Him.
– Sri Ramana Maharshi
