One should, by slow degrees, cease of think the objects of senses, with the. help of his understanding and controlled by patience, and then directing his mind to self.
शनैः शनैरुपरमेद् बुद्ध्या धृतिगृहीतया। आत्मसंस्थं मनः कृत्वा न किंचिदपि चिन्तयेत्॥