“The Lord is not a person with sense organs,
but Consciousness itself...
God is Consciousness.
There is essentially nothing in the Universe
but Mind or Consciousness.
God is Love. When you feel unconditional
Love for all, that is God.
He dwells in all.”
— Paramahansa Yogananda

A sannyasi asked: “It is said that the Self is beyond the mind and yet the realization is with the mind. Mano na manute, Manasa na matam, and Manasaivedamaptavyam (The mind cannot think it. It cannot be thought of by the mind and the mind alone can realize it). How are these contradictions to be reconciled?”
Ramana Maharshi answers: “Atman is realized with mruta manas (dead mind), i.e., mind devoid of thoughts and turned inward. Then the mind sees its own source and becomes ✨That ✨. It is not as the subject perceiving an object.”