The Lion's Roar

Having destroyed the roots of the mania of the "I," for them the net of illusion has been burned, their hearts are transparent with light, they are divine beings, immune from intoxication, untouched by the world. As the "lion's roar" their word sounds:

"Supreme are those who are awakened! Invincible and intact beings, they appear as sublime supermen; lions who have left behind fear and terror; they see the past, they see heavens and hells, they know this world and that world, the kingdom of death and the kingdom free from death, time, and eternity. They are like tigers, like bulls, like lions in a mountain cavern, and are yet beings without vanity, appearing in the world for the good of the many, through compassion for the world, for the benefit, the good and the well-being of gods and of men."

"I have overcome the bramble of opinions, I have gained mastery over myself, I have followed the path. I possess the knowledge and have no one else as my guide"- thus says the Awakened One of himself. The Awakened One is he who is detached from life and death and who knows the way up and the way down, he is "bold, not knowing hesitation, a sure leader, pure of passion, resplendent as the light of the sun, resplendent without arrogance, heroic"; he is the Knower, whom no mania dazzles, no trouble conquers, no victory tempts, no spot stains, he is one who asks no more, and who has mastered the ascetic art: he is the great being, who lives strenuously, free from every bond, no longer slave to any servitude; he is the Valiant One, who watches over himself, constant in his step, ready to the call, who guards himself within and without, to nothing inclined, from nothing disinclined, the Sublime One whose spirit is impassible; he is the Awakened One whom no thirst burns, no smoke veils, no mist clouds: a spirit who honors sacrifice and who, like no other; towers in majesty.

Unconquered, supreme, he has laid down his burden, he has no "home" and he has no desireds. Passion, pride, and falsity have fallen from him like a mustard seed from the point of a needle. Beyond good, beyond evil, he is loosed from both of these bonds and, detached from pain, detached from pleasure, he is purified.

Since he knows, he no longer asks "how?". He has touched the depths of the element free from death. He has abandoned the human bond and he is freed from all bonds. The path of him, who can be conquered by none in the world and whose dominion is the infinite, is not known to the gods, nor to the angels, nor to men.

There are penitents and priests who exalt liberation. They speak in various manners glorifying liberation. But as for that which concerns the most noble, the highest liberation, I know that none equals me, let alone that I may be surpassed.

-Julius Evola, 'The Doctrine of Awakening'