Brahman shines here as this universe; nothing else shines. Seeing that itself, one becomes liberated in that very instant.

The formula exhausts itself: once repeated a sufficient number of times, it ceases to be a formula and crystallizes into structure. The jīvanmukta does not “see” brahman within the world, but rather perceives the world as brahman: the orientation of vision is inverted. There is no veiled reality lurking behind the appearance; rather, appearance itself is reality beheld through the eyes of ignorance.