Nisargadatta Maharaj

 As salt is in water, similarly, in the body, in combination with the vital breath, the consciousness appears. It is the consciousness that feels pain or pleasure, not the body or the vital breath. Once you know that you are not the body, all the concepts about pain and pleasure will disappear by themselves. Are you convinced that this is true?

To keep quiet and watch for yourself is called meditation. Remaining in what you have heard here is called spiritual practice.