Your mind is capable of blocking Consciousness. Don’t trust your mind. Well, not yet. Not until you know how to use your mind to access Consciousness, and to use your mind as a conduit of Consciousness. You need your mind. You need it to be shining with the light of Consciousness. Only then can you…

— Gurudevi Nirmalananda

From Gurudevi’s full discourse ” The Best Chant Ever“