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               leave  it  in  order  to  achieve     is  good.  This  is  the  power  of
               power.  This  is  the  greatest       evolution existing beyond birth,
               lesson that the soul faces at this    growth, love, truth, and beauty.
               stage. (Chopra, 2005a: 192)           Chopra considers the perception
                                                     of evil as well. This is a power
                   •  Solipsism                      opposing  the  perfection,  we
               Solipsism  is  another  cause  of     call it Entropy, and leading to
               lethargy,  which  results  in  not    dissolution, disintegration, lassitude,
               reaching higher levels. “In stage
               five, there is a temptation to be     and sin”. (Chopra, 2005a: 206)
               locked in yourself. When wishes           •  False Idealism
               become  more  effective,  I  said     Chopra does not see a saint as
               that  there  is  no  need  for        a  witch  turning  a  mirage  into

               external  effort.  It  seems  that    ingots of gold; by contrast, the
               God does the works, and it all        saint is someone who transforms
               starts with autopilot. However,       the main basis of the soul, and
               this  should  not  be  an  excuse     this  is  a  pure  and  sincere
               for  lethargy.  The  human  still     manner. (Ibid: 221)
               has his role to play”. (Ibid: 192-193)   Hence  we  should  not  be

                                                     idealists as it is an obstacle to
                   •  Perception of Evil             perfectionism. We ought to behave
               Chopra introduces the perception      like a saint, purely and sincerely .
               of  evil  as  another  obstacle  to
               perfection,  and  at  the  sixth          •  Martyrdom, a Temptation
               level of level of knowledge of               of the Soul
               God,  he  says,  “at  the  sixth      Martyrdom  as  a  temptation  of
               level,  the  person  has  obtained    the soul is another obstacle to

               enough insight to comprehend          perfection troubling human beings
               this,  he  still  understands  what   at the sixth level. “By this, I do
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