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## Chapter 12: The Six Realms
**The opening and closing of the eyes happens continuously, in the same way, the inward and outward tendencies of a Sadhu (saint) in the Gunasthanas (stages of spiritual progress) also continue.**
**7. The Aparamatta Samyata Gunasthan (Stage of Unwavering Restraint):** The inward tendency mentioned above is called Aparamatta Samyata. As long as the Sakalasamyami Sadhu (saint who has attained complete restraint) remains absorbed in the contemplation of the Atma (soul), he should be considered to be in the seventh Gunasthan. Although the duration of this Gunasthan is also only an Antarmuhurt (a very short period of time), it should be considered half the duration of the sixth Gunasthan by the gross mind. The reason for this is that no being can remain in the state of supreme Samadhi (meditation) for a long time while contemplating the Atma. In other words, the tendency of the Sadhu or the transformation of the mind changes every Antarmuhurt, and he moves from the sixth Gunasthan to the seventh and from the seventh to the sixth, and this cycle of transformation continues throughout his life. It is important to note here that those who attain Sakalasamyam (complete restraint) along with Upsham Samyaktva (right faith and conduct) and do not attain Vedak or Kshayik Samyaktva (right knowledge and liberation) after the duration of Upsham Samyaktva, they remain restrained for an Antarmuhurt and then fall from it and descend to lower Gunasthanas.
**Among the seventh Gunasthan Sadhus who maintain Sakalasamyam, there are some special individuals who strive to ascend to higher Gunasthanas. Those who make such an effort are called Satishya Aparamatta Samyata. These beings, while remaining in this Gunasthan, strive to attain specific results in the form of Adhakarana (lowering), Apurvakarana (making new), and Anivrittikarana (stopping) for the Upsham (subduing) or Kshaya (destruction) of Charitra Mohaniya Karma (karma that binds to the body). Among them, the attainment of Adhakarana results happens in the seventh Gunasthan itself. However, the attainment of specific Apurvakarana results happens in the eighth Gunasthan, and the attainment of specific Anivrittikarana results happens in the ninth Gunasthan.**
**1. Adhakarana Result:** When a being strives for the Upsham or Kshaya of Charitra Mohaniya Karma, his results, although becoming progressively pure over an Antarmuhurt, may resemble the results of a being who has attained Adhakarana results in the past. This is because there are countless varieties of these results. The first being, with the purity of the middle category, may attain the purity of a particular category in the third or fourth time period, while the second being may attain the same purity in the first time period. Therefore, the results of the first being resemble the results of the being who is in the lower time period, hence they are called Adhakarana results.