ILLUMINED SOUL

Vedanta speaks of an illumined soul.  An illumined soul is one who has realized Brahman, who has united with Brahman.  Illumination is characterized by the extinction or absorption of the individual and ephemeral ego into Brahman.

With illumination one is released from the cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth, and all other forms of worldly bondage.

Illumination is that supreme transcendental consciousness referred to as brahma-nirvana in the Bhagavad Gita, turiya in the Upanishads, nirvana in Buddhism, nirbija samadi in Yoga, and nirvikalpa samadi in Vedanta.