Self-realization is an essential step towards God-realization. Kabir says that when the devotee goes to the eye center and enters the inner spiritual planes he gains self-knowledge, and the dark night of delusion and ignorance vanishes in the presence of the sun of realization. The devotee enters the inner regions, his soul is filled with the nectar of bliss and his mind becomes pure. The soul, soaring to great spiritual heights, merges in the Lord. Kabir says that this state of Sahaj is attained through the mercy and grace of the Master. Now the soul has reached the state of everlasting repose and its coming and going into the world has ended.

Now I have attained, O friend,
I have attained supreme knowledge;
I am absorbed in the bliss of Sahaj,
I have earned eternal repose.

When my compassionate Master
Took mercy on me,
The lotus of my heart blossomed;
The darkness of delusion vanished
And in the dazzling light within,
All directions stand revealed to me.

Absorbed in the bliss of Sahaj,
I live in eternal repose.

The hunted victim has risen
With bow and arrows in hand
And Kal, the ruthless huntsman,
Has fled in fear.

When I arose
From my slumber of eons,
The sun appeared at its zenith,
Night fled and hid under the horizon.

The Unfathomable,
The Indivisible,
The Peerless One,
I saw.
I try to describe Him
But I am silent
Like the dumb man
Who tries to describe
With empty gestures
The taste of a sweet;
He fails, yet he enjoys
The sweetness in his heart.

Absorbed in the bliss of Sahaj
I live in eternal repose.

Without flowers the tree
Bursts into bloom;
Without hands the drum
Is being played;
Without a village girl the pitcher
Is filled to the brim;
That state of Sahaj
I have attained.

In moments my entire being
From raw nugget
Turned into pure gold,
And without pleading or persuasion
My mind became calm and still.

The bird has soared to such heights
That its whereabouts no one knows;
It has merged in Him
As a drop merges in water.

Many deities I worshipped,
Never again will I bow to them;
Numerous baths I took in holy rivers,
Never will I go for such baths again.
Through devotion to the One
My delusion has faded away;
Countless trips to the world
I had to take,
Now I will not come again.

Absorbed in the bliss of Sahaj
I live in eternal repose.

When I sought within my body
I realized my true self;
By contemplating within
I realized the Lord's true identity.
By knowing my self, I became lost
In the bliss of divine love,
And then of its own accord
My self merged into Him.

Who contemplates within
Will know his own self;
No longer, O Kabir,
Will he come and go.

K.G., p. 71:6
Ab main pāibo re