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How does maya unfold?
(The following steps and text were compiled form The Siva Sutras by Swami Lakshmanjoo)
apurnammanyata - The feeling of incompletion that starts from the anava mala. Ignorance of the oneness of Siva. The sign of bondage is the feeling that you are incomplete (apurnammanyata). You agree that you are incomplete, that you are not full. That is the impurity (mala) known as anavamala. It is shrunken knowledge and it is ignorance. Why? It is shrunken knowledge because it is knowledge of the differentiated world and it is ignorance because it is ignorance of the undifferentiated state. When you do not know your undifferentiated state, that is ajnana (ignorance), and when you know your differentiated state, that is also limited jnana (knowledge). Jnana is bondage and ajnana is also bondage.
bhinnavedyapratha - The differentiated knowledge that arises due to the mayiya mala. He is mine, he is not mine. This is beautiful, this is not beautiful. This is good, this is bad. All these statements are examples of the knowledge that is yonivarga. This kind of knowledge is the impurity known as mayiyamala.
subhasubhavasana - The impressions of pleasures and pain that result from karma mala. This is done, this is to be done. This is half done, this is well done. These statements are examples of knowledge that is kala sarira. This kind of knowledge is the impurity known as karmamala. It is bondage and yonivarga, separated knowledge, is also bondage.
(For the definition of the 3 impurities/malas, please check the second link from the post above)
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