"We live on the wings of possibility. Every being is, in its deepest essence, pure and perfect. All beings are made in the image of the great Creator, and therefore are essentially divine. But in order for that divinity to unfold, we must know, understand and master ourselves. And until we gain mastery over ourselves—the mind, to put it more precisely—we can neither know our true Self as one Pure Awareness, nor the powers of our mind in all their glory. The mind is power, energy in itself, and it needs to be harnessed properly for it to become a perfect tool of liberation and freedom."
Prem Sadasivananda