Conquering anything recoils back on us, always finding our weak point. Therefore I do not suggest trying to conquer nature or death. There is a way to entirely avoid the conception of death. As long as ego thinks it has mastery or victory over things it maintains itself, which is a death trap. At some point in that limited victory, when our strength weakens, whatever has been conquered will react back. Enlightenment or Realization does not require conquering but complete transcendence, beyond the conception of death. When we are conscious, unconsciousness vanishes. We cannot conquer or vanquish darkness; it can be vanquished by Enlightenment, Light, and that gives us immortality.

     Emptying the mind is the greatest activity. It seems as if you are doing nothing. It seems like escapism and selfishness to those who are egocentric. But try it. If it were mere escapism, anyone should be able to do it, but only one among millions can do it. Try to just quiet your mind—in your dreams, your meditations, your work, your life. How many have achieved even that much? Do not try to control or conquer anything, not only in your mind but outside you as well. In Oneness there is nothing to conquer or lose. Simply let go and allow Consciousness or Light to shine. It is self-conquest that makes you victorious—over nobody else but you—and makes you a conscious being. Then the Light shines, which is Imperishable. The body could be made imperishable but even those yogis who have lived for thousands of years have eventually given up the body. There are desires and desires that we can enjoy through the body but even that ends somewhere. What you cannot learn in a hundred years on this planet, you cannot learn in three thousand years either. God knew that a hundred years is enough.