From that place, words turn back without reaching it, and the mind too returns unfullfilled. One who truly knows the bliss of Brahman fears nothing whatsoever, from any quarter. Such a person is never scorched by the torment of thinking: 'Why did I not do what was good? Why did I do what was harmful?' One who knows this in this very way delivers both these selves — the self within and the self of all — to freedom. Such is the teaching of the Upaniṣad.
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- Taittiriya Upanishad
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- TU.2.9
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- LiberationBlissFear
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The sages, united with pure reason, renounce the results of their actions and, liberated from the cycle of birth, they attain a state of bliss.
So long as this soul does not know its real destination while dwelling in the body, it is not going to be liberated from the cycle of births and deaths. There is only one way to get rid of this wandering and that is to realise God while the human body is still there.
Sorrow has ravaged the kingdom of my heart like a ruthless army. Come back, glad Lord of Rome, and liberate the land! Before your power, the enemy will shatter and flee.