The central principle of all contemplative spiritual practice is that we can all achieve higher knowledge, and thus the freedom and joy of liberation, by means of the quietening of the mind.
Indeed, according to the principles of Classical/Raja Yoga it is the universal purpose of our lives to do so.
The great masters and sages have always taught that the movements of the mind shroud, like clouds obscuring the sun, the innate eternal Inner Truth … which is, has been and always will be, our Deepest Reality.
This Inner Truth has a great many names in a great variety of cultures and traditions but is universally recognised.
Meditation and its many supporting practices have for millenia been considered the main route to this Inner Truth.
The path of committed, appropriate and consistent meditation practice leads us inexorably to that quietening.
It is the progressive opening of the curtain; the Luminous Radiance is unveiled.
With each step we each become a freer being.
Finally, It shines forth naturally and unhindered, lighting-up our lives and those around us with peace, harmony and happiness.
References;
Yoga sutras I:03
tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe-avasthānam
“When the mind has settled, we are established in our own essential nature, which is unbounded consciousness.”
trans. Alistair Shearer