In plain words
In another state it stays still. In the same way, in Vedānta, moving belongs to the view of the body, and staying still belongs to the feeling of Brahman. What is dhyāna? The inner meaning of dhyāna is to attain the steady principle through the feeling of Brahman. Such sayings of Vedānta teach inner meanings of many kinds.
You are a child of immortality
“Vāsaḥ” means “Where is your dwelling?” Sir! Where is your dwelling? It is not a matter of answering about your dwelling like this: “I am in South Prashanthi, in such-and-such a room.” But today people take “vāsaḥ” to mean a dwelling in the world. “The dwelling of all beings is in God alone; I dwell in God.” ‘Sir! Who are you?’ When asked this, it is natural to say “I am a Reḍḍi, a Rāju”, but these belong only to the body, not to the Ātma. These are all principles we put to use in the everyday world. You are not a Reḍḍi, nor are you a Rāju. You are the embodiment of the Ātma. That is why the Veda has said that you are a child of immortality.
Journey into the depths of your heart
What sādhanas are we doing to make the blood in our body circulate? Our breathing in and breathing out goes on by itself, whether we are sitting, walking or sleeping. These are not things gained by effort, are they! So thoughts of God must come without effort, naturally. “Sahaja” means what happens without effort. Through Practice, things go on happening without effort. It is not like that. It must happen with full awareness. Some people take snuff. Without any effort their hand keeps going there. Some people go on doing japa idly, on and on. This happens in the unconscious. This is not true japa. It must happen with full awareness, in the right way. It must not be in the unconscious. It must happen in the superconscious. Only then is it natural. There is no need to wonder, “But can we reach that stage?” If you truly hold to it with that determination, you can surely achieve it. Surely. There is no doubt at all. We are not holding on in the right way. We hold on hard to worldly things. To travel hundreds of thousands of miles in “space”, we do all the practice it takes. But we do not travel even an inch “into the depths of the heart”. That is the true, the right sādhana. However much you earn, however clever you are, however much you read, there is no gain in it. All these belong to the world. All these can give only worldly comfort and peace. But they cannot give the Śānti of the Ātma.