Let Good Fortune Jump on You! Shiva Sutra 3.14, Part 2

Lineage Teacher Swami Rudrananda taught that enlightenment is not a level, but learning how to raise your level. Because as this Sutra teaches, no matter what level of awareness we have attained, as yogis we must continue to raise that level, again and again, through all the different stages and settings of our life. This kind of pursuit goes beyond the mind, beyond the societal status quo, and into the realm of Grace. Ultimately, when we are able to maintain this kind of surrender both on and off the cushion, we arrive at the state of receptivity that allows us to receive Grace as it descends at any point in our day. That is the state of independence we seek. 3.14: “yathā tatra tathānyatra // This [absolute independence] is the same in the external world as it was in samādhi.”