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one feels that one is all and whatever seems to exist outside oneself is nothing but oneself, that one is the whole Reality, the perfection itself, for such a one all limitations disappear. Such a person experiences eternal satisfaction as all his desires are fulfilled forever; his narrow egohood and its resulting urges vanish and he enjoys the supreme joy of perfection by the feeling that he is all and nothing exists outside himself to be desired. He alone enjoys the highest freedom and everlasting satisfaction. Hence the present civilization requires a careful understanding of the concept of Moksa of Sarkara.
The Indian thinkers have carried on a ceaseless pursuit of the knowledge of the Self and the world, and have made valuable contributions to the thought of Ātman and Mokșa. Moksa is not an external thing to be acquired, but it consists in the inner transformation of the individual and in raising oneself to a higher level of consciousness. Moreover, according to all of them, Moksa is not attainable by the simple process of getting knowledge as the Western Philosophers may think. But the attainment of Moksa requires, in addition to the proper philosophical knowledge of the Atman, the moralisation and spiritualisation of one's habits and inner psychic being. Moksa implies not only a change in the rational understanding but a complete change of the mode of life, inner and outer, and a transformation of the human into the Divine. Moksa cannot be attained by any person who simply has the verbal and theoretical knowledge of the Atman, but it can be
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