Solution to previous puzzle

Across

1 It's clear that former lover permitted assuming power (8)

5 One's on region - it may be surrounded by water (6)

9 Fractional part of state from the east contained new titanium (8) 10 Work hard on a new phrase used in advertising (6)

12 Chinese secret society at a country (5)

13 Thoroughly sour item brought back into gathering (9) 14 Bright object in excavation site partly missing second mark (6) 16 Strip of land is high, must be destroyed (7)

19 Wide stretch of water - it may be used for transport (7)

21 Narrow passage of water has no bends according to hearsay (6) 23 A remark editor made is set aside (9)

25 Half century by fellow after losing opener - stylish (5)

26 Magic anyone could demonstrate in area with steep sides (6)

27 Disrupt wise person covering a malicious program (8)

28 Pin for holding meat Kelvin threw into drain (6)

29 Very small portion of engineering minds go astray (8)

Down

1 Enrolled nurse at Cambridge university essentially defying

hatred (6)

Use plan in reforming India for one (9)

Primarily Indian, born in Zanzibar alongside island (5)

One that may cover damage at home with certain right (7) Damaged coil I sort for attorney (9)

A new styling accessory is a saviour (5)

One small harbour beyond the borders of Derby is very elegant

(8)

Food item I would like immediately for starters (4)

Sip orange cocktail - a sling from this place (9)

Primary building block of powerful computer (9)

Sees carbon in chapter made up on physics and chemistry (8) At first large audience kept engrossed at Dal perhaps (4) Admires peculiar weapon carried in a belt (7)

Broadcast with very new fictitious monster (6)

Sped with German engineer to shooting area (5)

Former American president touring Japan goes to steep inlet of sea (5) 2 3 4 6 7 8

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Caught up in earthly matters, devotees nevertheless want to achieve nirvana, a state where there is no sorrow. One can term that state as selfrealisation, wherein one lives in this world, but the world is not within one; akin to a boat floating in water and not the other way round. When one realises the real self, within one, then one has attained fulfilment, and there is nothing more to be gained. The entire process is succinctly summed up in the six verses of Nirvana Shatkam, said Swami Ramacharana Tirtha (Nochur) in a discourse.

One is sheathed in various layers and it is important to discard them in order to tap into the core, inner self which alone can offer complete peace. Our physique is the outermost sheath, with the functional organs forming the next. Further buried is the mind (manam), followed by intellect (buddhi). The innermost layer is that of bliss, of chit (anandham) of Sivam, which is another name for fulfilment. For example, in between two thoughts, one experiences a state of being where there is only the self and nothing else. One should separate the mind from the body. True bliss comes when one realises that atma is ever free: there is neither aversion nor attachment. What remains is complete equipoise. It is latent in everyone, and one should seek it and own it.