The mind that has been extinguished will lose its habits of
action and thus becomes like a seed that has been roasted. (As roasted seed
does not spout, so the mind that has become extinct cannot be reborn again).
Ignorance binds the ignorant one by means of habits. If the
mind remains wide awake in the quest of truth, then the destruction of habits
will begin.
Right awareness dawns on the complete extinction of the
mind, whereby all the mental habits also are lost. Deliverance is affirmed by
all sages to be none other than the final and complete destruction of the
mental habits.
One should overcome both desire and latency and keep the
mind concentrated in the quest. In the quest for the real Self, this is like
balancing on the keen edge of the razor.
Ramana Maharishi