Just as gold is purified by heating it on the fire, so also mind
is purified by the fire of meditation.
As fire is concealed by ashes,
sword by the scabbard, sun by the clouds, foetus by the amnion, rubies by the
earth, mattress by the bedsheet, so also Brahman is concealed by flesh and
bones. If you remove the ash you can perceive the fire; if the clouds are
dispersed you can cognise the sun; if you remove the scabbard you can behold
the sword; if you remove the bed sheet you can see the mattress. Even so, if the
veil of ignorance which conceals the Brahman is removed by knowledge of Brahman
you can directly cognise the self-luminous Brahman.
You cannot see the all-pervading
butter in the milk, but if you churn it you can get the butter. Even so you
cannot see Brahman by these physical eyes, but you can behold the all-pervading
Brahman by the churning of meditation.
Purge your mind of all impurities.
Sever mentally all your connection with visible objects. Destroy the weeds of
desires. Abandon all sankalpas (thoughts). Eradicate the longings. Meditate on
Brahman. You will attain soon the nondual Brahmic seat of ineffable splendour.
