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It is for this reason that the sequential stages of the soul's development are based on the intensity, mildness, and absence of *guna-sthana* and *moha-shakti*.
The primary powers of *moha* are two: *darshan-moha* and *charitra-moha*. The first power prevents the soul from having *darshan*, i.e., the discernment of its true nature and form. The second power, even after the soul has gained discernment, prevents it from acting accordingly. In practice, it is also seen that when the true nature of an object is perceived, an effort is made to obtain or avoid that object. For the soul progressing in spiritual development, these are the two main tasks: *swaroop-darshan* and acting accordingly, i.e., being established in one's true nature. Of these two powers, the power that prevents the knowledge of one's true nature is called *darshan-moha*, and the power that prevents one from being established in one's true nature is called *charitra-moha*. Of these, the first power, in the form of *darshan-moha*, can never be weak as long as the second power, in the form of *charitra-moha*, is strong. As the first power becomes weaker and weaker, the second power also becomes weaker accordingly. When the knowledge of one's true nature is attained, the path to attaining the benefits of one's true nature becomes easy.
The most covered state of the soul is the first *guna-sthana*, which is called the *mithyatva guna-sthana*. In this, due to the strongest influence of both powers of *moha*, the soul remains in a state that is completely inferior to the spiritual state. Nevertheless, an infinite part of that power remains revealed. In this role, no matter how much the soul achieves material prosperity, it remains almost empty from the perspective of the knowledge of its true nature. But the soul's nature is to develop, so knowingly or unknowingly, when the veil of *moha* begins to diminish, it progresses towards development and, while mitigating the most intense *raga* and *dvesha*, it weakens *moha*.