17.16 The liberated man is not averse to the senses and nor is he attached to them. He enjoys
himself continually with an unattached mind in both achievement and non-achievement.
17.17 One established in the Absolute state with an empty mind does not know the alternatives
of inner stillness and lack of stillness, and of good and evil.
17.18 Free of me and mine and of a sense of responsibility, aware that Nothing exists, with all
desires extinguished within, a man does not act even in acting.
17.19 He whose thinking mind is dissolved achieves the indescribable state and is free from the
mental display of delusion, dream and ignorance.
17.20 Ashtavakra said: Praise be to that by the awareness of which delusion itself becomes
dream-like, to that which is pure happiness, peace and light.
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