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## Upasahar: Progress towards the Achievable Direction of the Active Cycle
Thus, the seeker, turning away from the direction of the "khaadhak" (worldly desires), starts walking towards the direction of the "shat-kaarak" (six-factor) cycle. Just as a started clock moves in a certain direction, so too does this started, activated "chaag-chakra" (cycle of effort) progress towards the direction of the achievable "siddha" (liberated) state. Moreover, just as a once-started clock gains more and more velocity, so too does this "chaag-chakra", once activated by emotion, progressively gains more and more momentum, reaching higher and higher "chaag-bhoomika" (stages of effort), resulting in progressively higher outcomes and progressively increasing "aatma-pragyaa" (self-awareness).
And due to the swiftness of the purification of these five "yams" (vows) - ahimsa (non-violence), satya (truthfulness), asteya (non-stealing), brahmacharya (continence), and aparigraha (non-attachment) - their four "kakshat" (stages) or "bhoomika" (levels) are described: "ichchhaayam" (desire stage), "pravrittiyam" (activity stage), "sthiyam" (stability stage), and "siddhiyam" (achievement stage). These divisions are made according to the progressively increasing degree of purification of ahimsa, etc. There are four "keti" (categories) based on the degree of purification of ahimsa. Just as the body's temperature changes according to the degree of heat, so too does the soul's state of ahimsa, etc., change according to the degree of self-purification. Of these four "keti" of ahimsa, etc., the seeker in the active cycle has already attained the first "keti" - "ichchhaayam" - and is on the verge of attaining the "pravrittiyam" "keti". They are extremely eager to attain the remaining "keti". And for this, their "sat-purushaarth" (righteous effort) is always active, their active cycle is constantly in motion. The reason for this is their "sadupay" (righteous means) activity, their "sat-saadhan" (righteous tools) and "sat-purushaarth" (righteous effort) oriented nature. Therefore, they are intensely active in "sadupay" (righteous means) with undying enthusiasm and full vigor, they have set their minds to it (see page 154).
## Progress towards the Achievable Direction
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And because they are constantly active in "sadupay" (righteous means), they are endowed with the eight "buddhi-gun" (intellectual virtues) - "shushrusha" (eagerness), "shravan" (listening), "manana" (reflection), "nidhidhyasana" (contemplation), "dhyana" (meditation), "samadhi" (absorption), "anubhava" (experience), and "jnana" (knowledge). They are as follows:
(1) **Shushrusha:** Intense desire for "tattva-shravan" (hearing the truth). Just as a young, happy, and beautiful man desires to hear music, so too does this seeker have an even greater desire to hear the eight "tattva-gun" (virtues of truth). This "shushrusha" is the stream of "adhipravah" (inner flow), without it, listening becomes like a "sthala-grupa" (dry land) or like a sleeping king listening to a story.
(2) **Shravan:** Only when there is an intense desire to listen - true "shushrusha" - can there be true "shravan" (listening). This "shravan" is not just the sound hitting the ears, but listening with awareness, with the soul, with the intention of understanding the meaning. Otherwise, it becomes like pouring water from one ear to the other.