Ashtavakra Gita 18.92 -

The Sage does not relent presenting the negations characterizing the exalted indifference of the Knower. A child is born with innocence, no pretence of any kind. But as he grows, the whole picture changes; dilutions and corruptions creep in. It becomes necessary to court disciplines and restraints for regulating and refining our behaviour and interaction. But what one seeks to achieve thereby is his own innate purity, goodness and innocence.

As long as one remains simple, unassuming and straightforward, he does not need any special restraints and disciplines. The entire effort at Self-realization is actually to gain purity and innocence. Once these are there, one outlives wilfulness, inhibition and the need to introspect on any special truth.

The fulfilment that child-like innocence and simpleness bring, makes him free of all doubt, distraction and disharmony.

In spirituality it is always mind’s purity and intelligence’s clarity that count. The Self as the core of one’s being already shines. It has no change whatsoever. Changes are in the illusory world. The Self, if at all, only witnesses them. How can the witnessed affect the witness?

In ignorance alone, one attributes and doubts. Enlightenment dissolves everything in the ceaseless Self-effulgence. Resulting freedom and ecstasy make the Knower truly transcendent.