THE 3 STEPS
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1. Step one is when we realize that each of our thoughts, words, and activities arises from one of the three root patterns, guṇas—satva, rajas and tamas.
2. Step two is the understanding about which guṇa, root pattern it is and exactly what that guṇa is doing to us; what disempowering cognition that guṇa is building about our inner image (mamakāra), our outer-image (ahaṁkāra), others' image (anyakāra), others' expectation about us, and life's image (svānyakāra).
3. Step three is to do the completion and the creation process; do completion with that guṇa or root pattern and do creation of the satva guṇa, the right inner space to create the reality that we want. Finally we transcend satva guṇa and enter into nirguṇa or 'no guṇa state'.
Whatever we are
doing, whatever is
happening to us, we
need to become aware
of the attribute, the
guṇa, the pattern that
is driving us and
complete with it. If it
is a fantasy, we work
out of tamas. If it is
fear and greed, we
work out of rajas. And
if we are complete,
unattached and
undisturbed by all that
is happening in and
around us, we act out
of satva guṇa.
