In The Search For Truth

You can only seek that which you know and when you really understand , you already have it, so it need not be sought. You cannot seek something you do not know.Whatever you seek and whenever you seek it, it is always only One and the One is what you are already.So you cannot seek something you do not know and when you know you are seeking, you already have it. When you seek the world, you get misery and when you want to find your way out of misery, you will find the Divine.A man lost a penny and was looking for it in a bush when he found a huge treasure. He was not seeking for treasure but only for his lost penny. In the same way, when you seek one thing you may get something else and it may be much greater than what you lost.The truth, or Self, cannot be sought directly.

~ Ragavendra Swami