To get close to God you have to go beyond the mind. To have control over the mind is the mark of wisdom. To seek to achieve proximity to God you have to develop devotion. Millions of people all over the world are seeking God-Realization. But all their efforts are at the mental level. They have to go beyond the mind to realize the Divine, who is the Embodiment of Truth-Wisdom-Omnipotence...They have to recognize the supreme importance of keeping the mind under control.
- Divine Discourse, October 7, 1997.