The Ever-Free Self
The eternal Self is always free; yet so long as we are unaware of that freedom, we are bound. Liberation is therefore a state of awareness. So long as we are aware of the ever-free Self, we are entirely unconditioned by external circumstances or states of the mind.
For, one who has realized that Self possesses a certainty, a permanent underlying confidence, that can never be erased, and which allows her to retain an inner peace and joyfulness regardless of circumstances of destiny or the transient fluctuations of the mind:
Such “liberation” is the ultimate goal of all knowledge-seeking. It is the inner freedom which all people seek, a freedom from doubt, from the barbs of worldly misfortune, from the deadly sting of sorrow to which all those ignorant of their true nature must be subject.
For one who has attained this liberating knowledge of her eternal Self, neither bodily affliction, nor worldly circumstance, nor even death, has the power to afflict her with fear; she is fearless, for she is grounded and established in the unshakeable certainty of her permanent immortality and incorruptible bliss.
From: History of Mysticism, by S Abhayananda, pp181. You can download this FREE eBook Here.
