Svātantrya is the first stage of creation, an undifferentiated energy, or, looking from bottom up, we could also say that it is the force that unifies all the energies of creation The first creation of "svātantrya" is the energy of will ("icchā śakti"). Then come the energies of knowledge ("jñāna śakti") and action ("kriyā śakti") and together with the energy of consciousness ("cit śakti") and the energy of bliss ("ānanda śakti") they form the supreme pentad of creation, the so-called "pure creation".