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THE MYSTERY
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going downhill all the way, no hope whatsoever for any kind of higher development.
But - as ridiculous as this may sound, this concept subtly drives us into a frame of mind that already ruined the life of billions.
Isn't karma-theory supposed to lead to freedom from all karına, - to liberate us from limiting influences? Doesn't karma-theory claim to identify the 'good' actions that would lighten our karmic load and the 'bad' ones that would make it heavier?
But if it were such a good theory, why aren't there reports of millions of people reaching enlightenment - ecstasy, freedom from restricting karma - through it? - There is a bizarre answer to this question: - Karma-theory - as it was understood for millennia in the East and as it is now widely accepted in the West - is not the cherished key to higher states of development, it is the origin of a huge disaster!
Let's just look at the vast number of people who - all over Asia - gave in to fatalism, - to the very belief that such immense mountain of bad deeds was looming above their heads that nothing they did could ever reduce. For millennia this erroneous conviction blocked them from any progress, blocked them from even conceiving that there may be a way out of their predicament. They believed they were not masters of their lives. - And with this, unfortunately, they were right! - Once we believe we can't control, we ARE unable to control. With this kind of belief we block ourselves completely, - kismet, - nothing movės, - we resign to any outside influence that blows our way.
Karma-theory was the origin of this huge catastrophe. It was and still is the highly successful propagation of total disability.
Why are we so attracted towards repeating this blunder, this misconception of such huge proportion? Why are we so eager to accept a theory at face value that already proved disastrous effects, that spoiled the lives of billions? Why do we naïvely use such theory as fashionable make-up to impress friends at parties - 'Do you believe in karma?' - without really understanding any of its mechanisms, with
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