Sage Vasishta
When the limited and conditioned feeling "I am so and so" ceases, there arises consciousness of the all-pervading infinite. Hence, O Rama, like Janaka, you too abandon the false and fanciful notion of the ego-sense within your own heart. When this ego-sense is dispelled the supreme light of self-knowledge will surely shine in your heart. This ego-sense alone is the densest form of darkness: when it is dispelled, the inner light shines by itself. He who knows 'I am not', 'nor does the other exist', 'nor is there existence', and whose mental activity has come to a standstill, is not engrossed in acquisitiveness. O Rama, there is no bondage here other than craving for acquisition and the anxiety to avoid what one considers undesirable. Do not succumb to such anxiety and do not let acquisition of what is considered desirable be your goal: giving up both these attitudes, rest in what remains.
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