Don't be deluded by your thoughts and vasanas. They are always trying to trick you into believing that you are a real person, that the world is real, and that all your problems are real. Don't fight them, just ignore them. Don't accept delivery of all the wrong ideas that keep coming to you. Establish yourself in the conviction that you are the Self and that nothing can stick to you or affect you. Once you have that conviction you will find that you automatically ignore the habits of the mind. When the rejection of the mental habits becomes continuous and automatic, you will begin to have the experience of the Self.

Annamalai Swami's response to a question. Extract from the book "Living by the Words of Bhagavan" by David Godman