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THE DEMOLITION OF THE PAST IS A CHAPTER IN THE NATURAL PATH
influence of layers of consciousness when we studied the nature of the Five Kosas as encountered in our spiritual journey. Here we are looking at the same process from the angle of demolition of the illusion of Ego. They are all minor annihilation of the Ego structures we have developed out of nothing.
When we arrive at the first stage, we experience our first load shedding if we may call it so. We are temporarily lost to our limited individuality and experience bliss. Many confuse that they have realized Self/ God and hence get stuck in the first plane. If we keep ourselves free from self-delusion or come to realize that our attainment is but a transitional phase, we advance further on the spiritual path and arrive at the second plane.
The merging into the second plane is called the annihilation of the false. The aspirant is now absorbed in bliss and infinite light. Some think that they have attained the goal and get stranded in the second plane, but others who keep themselves free
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