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circumstances within us and comprehend why they attract us again and again.
We dissolve all bonds that obstruct our upward path. We extract our focus from those parts of reality that restrict us.
Once this is complete, the second phase of Stage 7 reveals itself.
PHASE 2 of STAGE 7 offers TWO alternatives for further progress:
PHASE 2 - ALTERNATIVE 1 TEMPORARILY DEACTIVATING our remaining desires On this path we render most our remaining desires inactive (but do not dissolve them). This deactivating of our desires enables us to ascend up to Stage 11.
We do not have to experience STAGE 7 to 11 sequentially. We may e.g. choose to directly access STAGE 11 to receive the special insight available on this level. We may later go back at will to explore the stages we sidestepped.
Yet we are unable to retain our focus on STAGE 11 and soon fall back to lower levels.
We cannot rise beyond STAGE 11 as long as inactive (yet unfulfilled) desires block further progress.
Only by choosing ALTERNATIVE 2 will we advance beyond STAGE 11.
