It is only when we miss the whole and cling to the part... that we stumble.
(p. 16, commentary on verse 15)
Both pleasure and suffering are the characteristics of ... the inner psychic apparatus. That which is beyond the pair of opposites like suffering and pleasure, which abides unaffected by both, which witnesses both without being involved in them -- that is Reality, that is the essential Self. One should concentrate on and be identified with that Reality.
(p. 93, commentary on verse 103, dharana 80)
The aspirant should neither maintain the attitude of aversion nor of attachment towards any one. Since he is freed of both aversion and atachment, there develops ... the nature of the divine consciousness (which is also the nature of the essential Self) in his heart.
(p. 113, verse 126, dharana 101)
Because of the conviction of the presence of Brahman (the Divine Reality) everywhere, the aspirant develops the consciousness of samata (equality), and, therefore, has the same attitude of gooness towards all, is neither elated when he receives honor, nor is depressed when he is subjected to dishonor... All mental agitation disappears in his case. Being even-minded, he enjoys perpetual happiness.
(p. 113, commentary on verse 125, dharana 100)
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