* LIBERATION
It is natural that we must strive from bondage to liberation. Liberation according to Kashmir Shaivism means PRATYABHIJNA or recognition of one’s true nature which means the original, pure I – consciousness. This pure I – consciousness is immediate, non-relational awareness. To be integrated to the divine I is liberation. As Abhinavagupta puts it “MOKSA or LIBERATION is nothing else but the awareness of one’s true nature.” The highest attainment, however, is that of Shiva Consciousness in which the entire universe appears as “I”-consciousness.