A person in union with the Self is not aware of what is without and what is within, for in that unity of state all desires find their perfect fulfillment. There is no other desire that needs to be fulfilled, and one goes beyond sorrow.
In that unitive state there is neither father nor mother, neither worlds nor gods nor even scriptures. In that state there is neither thief nor slayer, neither low caste nor high, neither monk nor ascetic. The Self is beyond good and evil, beyond all the suffering of the human heart.
— Andrew Harvey, Teachings of the Hindu Mystics by Andrew Harvey, editor