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APPLICATION
14 STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Once we choose the path of complete dissolution of our karmas (see gunasthana 7), we proceed directly from level ten to level twelve.
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12 - The twelfth stage (kshina moha) can only be reached from stage ten. In stage twelve we dissolve all karmas that produce delusion. In consequence this causes the shedding of the last karmas that still blocked knowledge and intuition and caused obstructions. Shortly before reaching stage thirteen, sleep and deep sleep end. Our consciousness reaches clarity unknown. We now cease to be at the mercy of karmic forces, but are the perfect master of our life. Our ultimate freedom is ensured.
13 - In the thirteenth gunasthana (sayoga kevali) we reach the state of omniscience (kevali). Our consciousness now encompasses the totality of knowledge. If we have bound special tirthankarakarma, we teach on this level. Activity - yoga - is the only influence we are still subjected to. And this last bond we dissolve at our ascent to level fourteen.
14-The fourteenth gunasthana (ayoga kevali) immediately precedes ultimate freedom. Here we separate our consciousness from our last remaining karmic bonds. We liberate ourselves from status, emotions, body and limiting time and thereby dissolve all restrictive connections to the non-living elements (ajiva dravyas). We leave the fetters of the entire strata of bodily existence to regain full command of our greater, majestic self, - immensely enriched by our experiences in the restricted, separated circumstances we voluntarily and consciously subjected ourselves to.
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The moment we reach ultimate freedom we again assume what was never really lost to us, - pure unrestricted consciousness. We now fully experience our inherent nature - unlimited cognition, unlimited love, unlimited knowledge, unlimited power and timeless bliss.
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