Swami Sivananda Instructs

The Jiva (Individual Soul) melted in the fire of Jnana, kindled by Sravana etc., is cleansed of all impurities and shines by himself like burnt gold. The Atman is the sun of knowledge that rises in the Akasa of the heart, destroys the darkness of ignorance, permeates and supports all, shines and makes everything shine. That actionless Paramahamsa who has given up the limitations of direction, place, time etc., who worships and attains the Atma which is all-pervading, eternal, bliss, spotless, and which destroys cold etc., becomes all-knowing, all-pervading, and immortal.