As the wind carries fragrance without retaining it

The image of the wind carrying aromas without appropriating them is that of the jīvanmukta in the world. Experience passes through, touches, moves — but does not stay. Not out of coldness but out of transparency. Glass does not retain the light that passes through; that is why it lets light through without distorting it. The jīvanmukta experiences without accumulating, acts without grasping, loves without possessing.