The Basics of Self-Inquiry - Isabella Viglietti-Swartz - Bog

Vedanta has one agenda: happiness is good and suffering is not necessary, and the only way to actualize it is through knowledge, not experience. If peace of mind and freedom from suffering is what motivates you, you may be ready for Self-inquiry into your state of mind, the factors that condition it and how that relates to an identity you never considered you have: that of the non-dual unlimited knower or witness of the limited personal identity you have thus far taken to be the truth about you.