As long as man is engaged in external forms of worship and rituals and runs after worldly pleasures, his face is towards the negative power. When he takes to the path of true devotion he turns towards God: his worldly sorrows give place to inner peace and happiness; his mind and senses, previously 'foes' on the spiritual path, now cooperate in his devotion and become his friends; and the evil tendencies of his mind give way to noble qualities. When he realizes the Lord, he attains lasting peace. Having realized Him within, he sees the One Lord present everywhere and begins to live in his will. The devotee, through the process of dying while living — that is, withdrawing his consciousness from the physical body to the eye center — purifies his mind, which then returns to its own original state of purity. Kabir says that such a devotee merges himself in Sahaj, the state of supreme bliss, becomes free from the fear of birth and death and does not inspire fear in others — in other words, he helps others also to be rid of the fear of birth and death.

I have veered from Yama to the Lord.
My woes have vanished,
Happiness abides within me.
Those who were foes
Have turned into friends,
The evil have become gentle and pious.
Everything that happens
I now accept as a blessing;
I attained peace
When I realized the Lord.

A million afflictions infested my body;
Through my absorption in Sahaj
They have given way to bliss.
He who realizes his true self
Sees the Lord
And only the Lord
In everything;
Nor disease, nor three fevers
Afflict him now.

My mind has returned
To its own primal state;
I realized the Lord
When I died while living.
Says Kabir: I am merged
In the bliss of Sahaj;
I no longer know fear,
Nor inspire it in others.

A.G., Gauri, p. 326
Jam te ulat bhae hai rām