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KARMA - THE MECHANISM
SUTRAS
Areas that are presently closed to our perception because of karmic mechanisms will only become accessible when we remove the corresponding karmic blocks. We will never get access to them by a more extensive exploration of the reality already known.
The first four mechanisms mentioned in this sutra describe the obstruction or total blockage of potential abilities.
The other five mechanisms are the result of exhaustion, fatigue or the aftereffects of the intake of intoxicating substances. They originate generally in the pursuit of erroneous concepts, errors etc. In this context somnambulism is defined as action beyond any conscious control.
These five mechanisms of exhaustion fall off as we reach more advanced stages of development. Shortly before entering the thirteenth stage all variations of sleep and exhaustion cease to influence us. From the end of the twelfth stage of development onwards our ac
this aspect and eventually gets statements on how the aspect behaves under certain predefined conditions. All results that do not fit into the framework of this predefined setting are either ignored or suppressed.
Which aspects are researched under what conditions is determined by the main leaders of the fields. Science therefore examines always only that part of reality which is available to its leaders.
Certainly, there are attempts to re-combine all the disconnected sliyers into which science split up reality to one holistic master concept Yet these attempts are hampered by the inadequate (building) material that is the result of biased and often one-sided research (see above). All findings that go beyond the officially accepted framework of concepts cannot be used under the rules of science. Even if someone would succeed in developing a holistic model that condensed all officially accepted research into one unified whole, this 'whole' could always and only reflect the officially accepted partial 'truth', never the entirety of reality.
No doubt, science helped to make the physical conditions of life more comfortable and this also explains the popularity of this particular trend of thought. Yet when science applies its methods and concepts to areas it cannot perceive and for which they are not valid, it obstructs the exploration of these fields. Therefore the scientific methods as they are practiced today are not suited for any unrestricted development of the full human potential.
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