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THE NOTION OF GROWTH
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Before us stretches the real expanse of our consciousness. We begin to perceive its infinite possibilities and explore this potential with an assuredness never before experienced. At this very moment we realize that all events we ever confronted led us to exactly this exulted point. From here onwards we pursue our path in unshakable certainty that everything ever happening to us will only support the further unfoldment of our abilities.
This second type of samyag darshana arises from the tenth state of development (gunasthana) onward. Its unfoldment now is inspired by the ever increasing clarity of our consciousness only.
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Tannisargadadhigamadva (3) Confidence in the purpose of reality and the notion of growth (samyag darshana) arise - through intuition (nisarga) or - by the acquisition of a special type of knowledge (adhigama). (3)
Intuition that causes our notion of growth to rise within us (nisarga) has an entirely different character than normal intuition.
Normal intuition is often accompanied by conflicting emotions: Many of our premonitions disagree with our ideas how situations or events should happen. Though we might
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