Every individual who is aware of his spiritual nature being
Atman realizes of his being an actor on the world stage; and he is, therefore,
not affected or deluded by the particular role he is enacting.
The manifested world is the stage on which the manifested
Jiva play their limited roles.
It is mind (mental knowledge) that is vitiated by the
illusion of duality, and is the source and instrument of bondage of the spirit
in man which is inherently free, and essentially an expression of the Reality.
Only on overcoming delusion of mind caused by attachment
even to the subtlest objects on the highest planes of manifestation, there is
attainment of that Knowledge, inherent in Reality, all-embracing and through
which anything can be accomplished.
Shiva Sutras