Swaminarayan states in Vachanamrut Sarangpur 9: Therefore, if one practices satsang with absolute sincerity, then no fault will remain in one's heart, and one will become brahmarup in this very lifetime. Here, ‘satsang' refers to the association of the Brahmaswarup Guru. Swaminarayan elaborates in Vachanamrut Gadhada 3.2 that spiritual aspirants can achieve the highest state of enlightenment (paramapada), or liberation (mokṣa), while being alive by associating with the Guru, who Swaminarayan describes as being ‘pratyakṣa gururūpa hari' (God manifest before the eyes in the form of the Guru). The Katha Upanishad (6.14) also states: Through the firm association with the Brahmaswarup Guru, one attains immortality - the brāhmic state - here.