When the individual soul feels renunciation towards worldly enjoyments, scriptures say it has reached its highest perfection.
As the mind is freed from its choice and dislike of things, so the soul is liberated by avoiding its egoism and personality. Then it no longer is conscious of the pain that attends future birth and reincarnation.
Whoever in his understanding comes to know this state of supreme and inexpressible joy, he is sure to overcome all his worldly appetites that bind him fast to this earth.
But whoever labors in his mind with affections to this world, he has to wander in it continually and he destroys the supreme joy of his soul in his continuous turmoil.
Maharṣi Vasiṣṭha in Yoga Vasistha Maharamayana
