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out of the shackles. The spirit starts movement consciously – Rev. Lalaji Maharaj says that at this stage we feel consciousness as Atman. Atman is the conglomerate of mind, manas, chit and ahankar. Before arriving at this stage all these four are highly influenced by the forces of the Annamaya Kosa and there is very little movement and one is confined. At this stage the binds of the mind, manas and ahankar get loosened and there is a perceptible movement amounting to liberation that is felt. This capacity of moving and thinking Rev. Lalaji Maharaj says is the Atman. The consciousness or chit at this stage has not yet developed the capacity to grow with purpose - but has only acquired a part of its original nature by freeing itself from the state of relative inertia due to the binds of the Annamaya kosa.
This is also the stage when the compassion to fellow beings grows and seeds of love and concern for others develop. This is because Ananda and Sat do not know boundaries. One having crossed, in relative sense of course, the boundaries of Annamaya kosa feels that there is no real barrier between him and others and a feeling that
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