Having come here, enquire into the nature of the Self

Sage Vasishtha

O Rama, he who knows that all the activities merely happen because of the mere existence of consciousness - even as a crystal reflects the objects around it without intending to do so - is liberated. They who, even after taking this human birth, are not interested in such non-volitional activity, go from heaven to hell and from hell to heaven again.

Some there are who are devoted to inaction, having turned away from or suppressed all action; they go from hell to hell, from sorrow to sorrow, from fear to fear. Some are bound by their tendencies and intentions to the fruits of their own actions; and they take birth as worms and vermin, then as trees and plants, then as worms and vermin again. Others there are who know the self; blessed indeed are they, they have carefully enquired into the nature of the mind and overcome all cravings: they go to higher planes of consciousness.