Those Who Know the Self, Become the Self
What the sages sought
they have found at last.
No more questions
have they to ask of life.
With self-will extinguished,
they are at peace.
Seeing the Lord of Love in all around,
serving the Lord of Love in all around,
they are united with him forever.
They have attained
the summit of wisdom
by the steep path of renunciation.
They have attained to immortality
and are united with the Lord of Love.
When they leave the body,
the vital force returns to the cosmic womb,
but their work becomes a beneficial force in life
to bring others together in the Self.
The flowing river is lost in the sea;
the illumined sage is lost in the Self.
The flowing river has become the sea;
the illumined sage has become the Self.
Those who know the Self, become the Self.
— Mundaka Upanishad
(From Sacred Jewels of Yoga)