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The General Statement of the Eight Stages of Insight
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This right-faith man, who knows himself as the non-corporeal Self, is not freed from the bonds! This ultimate feat can only be accomplished by the right-faith man!”
Just as the wind cannot touch or extinguish the steady light of a gem, so too, the upsurges of the wind of afflictions cannot touch or extinguish the steady ground of the right-faith, self-knowing one. And that is why this insight is:
1. **Impregnable** - Just as the gem is impervious to light, never having moved, so too, this insight is impervious to knowledge, once it has come, it never falls back.
“Just as the wind cannot reach the gem, nor can its fickle nature ever diminish its brilliance;
Just as the gem is always beautiful, its strong qualities never become weak.” - Shri Yashvijayji
2. **Ever-present** - Just as the brilliance of a gem shines even more brightly when tested with the touchstone of experimentation, so too, this right-faith man’s bondlessness, when tested with the touchstone of self-experience, becomes increasingly powerful and grows.
“The sun’s brilliance never diminishes, even when it is tested;
It is the brilliance of all brilliance, increasing from the beginning.” - Shri Yashvijayji
3. **Independent** - When the oil runs out, the lamp is extinguished, but this loss (harm) does not affect the gem, so its light is independent, never extinguished; similarly, here, because there is no dependence on anything else, it is independent, no harm can reach it, it is never extinguished, never put out; because it does not depend on anything else that could be lost and cause it harm, it is self-reliant, self-dependent, and therefore completely free from all obstacles. This gem-lamp shines in the temple of the mind, destroying all enemies! It destroys all darkness! And it illuminates the brilliance of experience! The lamp that is lit, remains lit! It is never extinguished.
“O friend, the Jineshwar Dev, the gem-lamp shines brightly,
It shines in the temple of my mind, destroying all enemies.
It destroys all darkness, and the brilliance of experience shines brightly.
There is no smoke of karma, the footprints of the mind never move.
The good karmic matter does not burn, it is in a pure state.” - Shri Navvijay Sushishya, the reader Yash says this.
- Shri Yashvijayji