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remains liberated without any effort or
action through the direct apprehension that
one is always of the nature of the Supreme
Brahman and the question of desiring to
become the Brahman can never arise at all.
(XVIII-36 & 37). Ashtavakra transcends the
principal teachings of the Upanishads when
he logically advises that when once we are
established as the non-dual Self, there is no
question of contemplating on oneself as ""I
am that Brahman'' (Ah§ ~«÷mpñ_). The latter
contemplation indicates an inferior state
of consciousness where "I' exists apart
from the Brahman and sees the
Brahman. (XVIII-16)
Ashtavakra daringly proclaims that
there is no need even to discriminate
between Atman (Self) and Anatman (nonself).
By merely remaining in the realisation
that everything is the Self or Brahman (gdª