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। 27) First, the soul manifests the strength to shatter the power of karma. This is the role of the beginning of development.
Even when the path of self-realization is paved, the results of the soul sometimes become upward-facing, sometimes downward-facing. This continues until the self-results become stable. This stability is achieved in two ways - either the covering of self-realization is completely destroyed or the covering is subdued (calm). In the state of being subdued, the covering shows its effect when the opportunity arises, but when it is destroyed, it is considered to be the state of self-realization.
After the development of the power of perception, the order of the development of the power of character comes. Even after weakening the main power of attachment - perception attachment - and realizing the true self, the soul cannot attain its true state until the second power - character attachment - is weakened. Therefore, it strives to subdue the second power of attachment. When it is able to partially weaken that power, its evolution begins to become more upward-facing. As this state increases, so does the stability of the true self.
Even in this state, the soul that has subdued perception attachment can fall from self-realization and return to its initial state, and then all the previous results of purification, etc., become useless. But the soul that has completely destroyed perception attachment attains perfection and then rests.