Rishi Ashtavakra
Ashtavakra begins by declaring that liberation is not something to be achieved, but something to be recognized. The Self (Atman) is already free, beyond body, mind, birth, and death.
“You are neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor air, nor ether.
You are the witness of all these — pure consciousness itself.”
“This universe is but a thought in Consciousness. In reality it is nothing.”
