Analects of Swami Sivananda

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(vii) The Fruit of Wisdom

 

104. The fully illumined sage, who possesses the highest holiness and

the purest power has attained the wisdom of the Atman.

105. A sage lives in the Eternal. He is rooted in the Infinite or

Para Brahman.

106. A sage becomes one with all and lives a life in unity with God.

107. A sage has double consciousness. He is conscious of his own

Atman. He is a silent and detached witness of the activities of the

mind also.

108. The Svapna-Siddhas are those who attain perfection by means of

dream-inspiration.

109. The Mantra Siddhas are those who attain perfection by means of

sacred Mantras.

110. The Nitya Siddhas are those who are ever perfect.

111. He who has destroyed all desires, who has annihilated egoism,

who thirsts not for sensual pleasures, who is resting in his own

Satchidananda Svarupa, is a sage.

112. A sage is free from attachment, desires, greed, lust and egoism.

He lives like an emperor.

113. A sage neither feels attracation towards nor is repulsed from

anything.

114. A sage understands others' mind, behaves gently and speaks

sweetly and softly.

115. He does not harm anybody. He behaves with anybody like a friend.

116. A sage has equal vision. He never thinks of nobility or

lowliness. He is above love and hate. He never has action to do or

not to do.

117. A sage transcends all dualisms in the world, like virtue and

vice, and has cast away every belonging.

118. Evil does not overtake a sage. He transcends all evil. Evil does

not trouble him, but he consumes all evil.

119. A sage is sinless, taintless. He is free from doubts. He is a

knower of Brahman, the Infinite.

120. Like salt dissolved in water, the soul of a sage loses its

separate characteristics and becomes one with the Absolute or Para

Brahman.

121. A sage is not easily found. He is not born everywhere.