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46 Pratikraman time cycle. Now this fifth era of the time cycle is always like it is. In every fifth era, there is an existence of a Gnani Purush. Otherwise, what would become of this world and the spiritual realm of the final Tirthankar? It will become a jungle. Therefore, there is always a presence of support of this kind or another. Once the support is there, things continue. The spiritual realm will shine. It will shine a lot. The current spiritual realm is not ‘ours.’ ‘We’ are considered a decorative ornament of the current reign. What need do ‘we’ have for a realm? Why would ‘we’ take on the problem? This is considered Lord Mahavir’s realm. A realm is befitting for a Tirthankar but not for ‘us.’ ‘We’ simply give support to it. This Gnan of ‘ours’ is simply the same Vignan (science of Self-realization). But it has arisen for people who have become entangled in nooks and crannies. At the moment, many people have become stuck in the little nooks. Not only the crooked nooks, but within that nook many little paths are going in all directions; so one cannot be easily found in it. So it is not easy to make Gnan reach these people in these deep pockets. How straightforward is the Gnan of the Lord! This straight line and that straight line! It has north, north-west, south, and south-west, etc., but with exact approach and direction. Whereas with these nooks, there are nooks within the nooks within the nooks, and one goes around in circles and comes back to the same place again. That is why this traditional Kramic path has become useless. That is why this Akram Vignan has manifested. Akram means there is no such thing as progressing one step at a time. One does not have to do anything in this path. In the presence of the Gnani Purush, all your demerit karma can be destroyed; that is how much energy there is in this Gnani. There is energy of all kinds here and yet the Gnani Purush does not want to become the owner of that realm. Why would he