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the expansion of the Self, and mold their personalities on the basis of such vision. They exist to become a channel of Divine Will and a fountain-source of all that is true, good and beautiful. Thus, truly righteous conduct blooms into the state of Nirvana or Self- realization or Liberation—the attainment of the Kingdom of Heaven that exists within every heart.
Every person is essentially the Self. It is due to ignorance that you become oblivious to your own inner glory and become identi ed with the conditioned spirit re ecting through the medium of the mind. Jiva, or the incarnating soul, is a re ection of the Absolute Self. As long as the mind is unable to grasp the majesty of the inner Self, it will continue to weave the fabric of karma for the jiva. It is due to limitation that the mind creates the unconscious awareness of individuality and separates itself from the profound oneness of universal life.
Every individual, therefore, is urged by the pressure of truth to discover their essential nature, thereby terminating the cycles of birth and death. Realization of the Self is the highest attainment in the movement of righteousness. Moksha, or release from the bondage of the world-process, is the goal of every individual, and is identical to Salvation as mentioned by Christ. The mind holds the key to your own bondage as well as your release. If the cantankerous ego and boisterous senses control your