In plain words
Only then do you reach the level of Illumination Mind and, step by step, enter Over Mind. In the language of Vedānta they gave this the name ‘amanaska’. Amanaska means the state with no mind. We must reach such a state. In the state with no mind, the Ātma alone appears to us. What is the Ātma? It is ‘Super Consciousness’. So in us there is the power to reach any height, however high. “By practice, works are accomplished on earth.” With practice, you can achieve anything. If it keeps walking, even a small ant can travel a long way. But without effort, even the eagle with its great wings cannot move forward a single inch. If we take the two wings of Prema and service as our support, we can go any distance, to any height. From ancient times many great souls have done service with pure, selfless Prema, free of Ahaṅkāra, and attained a high state.
When You Recognise the Truth, There Is No Need for Sādhanas
When the ancient ṛṣis sat in dhyāna, their bodies would not stir for days on end. But man today cannot sit still for even a few minutes. You think that the body moves only because of the circulation of the blood, and that if the circulation stops the body becomes lifeless. But at the level of Illumination Mind the circulation of the blood stops, and ‘super blood’ moves the body. It is this that the Upaniṣads called ‘Raso vai saḥ’. That itself is the divine power. Like sugar in a sweet drink, it is everywhere in the body. Though the divine power is in himself, man, unable to know it, thinks he is weak. Whatever powers there are in the earth, all of them are in man himself. The one who recognises the truth that everything is in himself enjoys Ānanda beyond measure. On the spiritual path there are many such subtle secrets. Without knowing them, man does sādhanas of every kind. If you recognise the truth, there is no need to do any sādhanas. Neither through tapas nor through pilgrimages is it possible to cross the ocean of saṃsāra. Service of the good is the only means of crossing.