ABIDING IN OUR TRUE NATURE

When the lake of the mind becomes clear and still, a person knows himself as he truly is, always was and always will be.  He knows that he is the Atman.  His "personality," his mistaken belief in himself as a separate, unique individual, disappears.  He sees this person as only an outer covering, like a coat or a mask, which he can assume or lay aside as he chooses.  Such a one is known as a free, illumined soul.--Patanjali.