Ashtavakra Gita 18.49 -

Here is the pinnacle of description about how the Knower lives in the world. True, he excels in his dispassion towards the world and its objects, which are perishable. His attention is always on the imperishable Self, before whose blissful nature sensory delights are nothing at all. As Krishna points in Gita, all delights born of sense-contacts, are the wombs of misery.

The wise do not delight in them (5.22 ). We are, however, born in this world and have to live here till the body falls. What is the way then?

This is where spirituality becomes the right refuge as well as the means. By doing proper introspection, the intelligence becomes awakened, as it happened in Kurukshetra for Arjuna on listening to Krishna’s dialogue. The craving of the mind for sensory objects gives way. There will no more be any delusion. The life thereafter will be one of ease, of natural inner delight, peace and placidity. Once the inner treasure is unveiled, attractions will not linger, as Krishna makes it clear in Gita (2.59 ). Without any agitation and tension, the Knower lives and moves, helping and saving many around him.

He does act, but how? Whatever comes to be done, wherever and whenever, he simply does it straightaway, like a child. It does not become a source of undue concern or agitation for him. He has no desire or ego, hence is not a source of harm to anyone. Instead he becomes a great succour for all the distressed around.