Eknath Easwaran's Commentary
When the mind has become completely still, when there is no movement at all – neither on the conscious level nor in the unconscious depths – then there is no anger, fear, or greed.
When in deep meditation the turbulent factory of the mind closes down for just a few minutes, we find a soothing stillness which heals the body, mind, intellect, and spirit. In this stillness we feel the enormous draw of the ocean of pure love deep within, pulling us into a union that is complete peace, complete joy, and complete fulfillment. Then it is we realize that boundless joy has been right there within us all the time, joy that cannot be limited by separateness and does not depend on any circumstances outside, but is an abiding legacy that never leaves us. This is what is meant by everlasting life, which we can find here and now.
The stilled mind is spirit – eternal, infinite, immutable, and indivisible. When the mind has been completely stilled from top to bottom there can be no separateness.