How does someone go about rising above the influence of the three qualities of nature? How do they act? What are the signs that distinguish someone as having transcended these three qualities? When someone has become completely undisturbed by the three modes of nature’s influence, he or she will not want to feed in to their effect nor treat their presence as being evil. All experiences should be seen as the natural result of the interaction of the three characteristics of creation, so the enlightened person is not inwardly stirred by the things that agitate or elate the average person. Having abandoned the egoistic notion that one is responsible for the outcome of his or her actions, the wise person remains unconcerned that they have been presented with joy or sorrow, praise or blame, pleasant or unpleasant people, respect or insult and they remain firmly identified with their true soul-Self. Secure in his or her divine reflection of God’s image, those who have risen above this triad remain the same in attitude whether they are given a clod of earth, a stone or a piece of gold. They treat friends and enemies alike. They are operating in the midst of creation without ego involvement. Ultimately, then, the way to achieve this is by unswerving devotion to God because He alone is the immortal, indestructible source of eternal truth that brings unalloyed bliss.