To realize the Self is not merely to know It in meditation or contemplation but to realize that 'I am the Self'. For one who knows the Self as such, there is no question of any non-Self at any time. As the Self is, so will he also be. Neither the three mental states, nor the stages of body will hinder his realization. Such a wholesome realization alone results in jeevanmukti.
- Swamiji
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