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with the advent of man where the entire course of life and destiny is determined by his own ego through its action. During this period the evolution seems to come to a sudden stop and the course of human life with all its varieties and its movement from plane to plane together with transmigration etc. All this was determined by the individual activities of man, of course, the hidden activity in the form of natural movement did continue but it did not appear from the outside on account of the premium of the human will actuated by his ego. But there comes a time in the long series of lives of a man when a sense of detachment and weariness begins to overpower him. Man then begins to feel that ultimately and truly speaking he has no power to call his own. It was only his ego which made him puffed up and caused him to feel the urge of agency in all actions. He then feels that he is not the true actor in the drama of life. Some hidden force works from behind and compels him to act. He begins to feel his utter helplessness and seeks for guidance in his onward path. This guidence comes down to him in the form of Divine Grace working from within or from without. On the rise of this attitude, a spirit of sincere and genuine surrender overpowers him and in response to this feeling, a higher power comes down upon him by way of benediction. This is the beginning of the formation of Vijñānamayakośa. The Vijñanamayakośa which is characterised by higher knowledge is based upon the surrender of the lower egoistic background. At this time again the Divine Nature begins to function and the higher evolution continues. Vijñānamayakośa, once attained, never leaves a man. A man becomes a superman, when the Vijñānamayakośa is evolved. The lower state of Manomayakośa was a period of moral activity based upon individual discrimination and ego. The higher sphere of Vijñānamayakośa is guided by a higher divine power and never functions under the impulse of karma. Man is free from all karma when he realises his Vijñānamayakośa. He is now free from the need
transmigration but there is no ego in him. With the advent of jñānamayakośa begins the spiritual life in place of the moral lue which existed before. Vijnanamayakośa is full of wisdom and
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