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KARMA - THE MECHANISM
SUTRAS
The activation of karma converts its latent energy into a form we can experience. The activation dissolves the bond between our consciousness and the respective karmic molecules. After its activation karma ceases to influence our life. The bond is dissolved 1 - in the natural course of events (savipaka) as soon as the conditions
for an activation occur, or at the end of the maximum period for which a particular type of karma can be bound to us. In this natural sequence of events a long time may pass between the
original binding of karma and its final dissolution. 2 - when its activation is forced (avipaka), i.e. when we intentionally
create the conditions that stimulate an activation. This mechanism reduces the amount of our karma (i.e. the amount of our unresolved themes of life) significantly faster - if it is handled in a correct way. The next chapter - 'HOW TO DISSOLVE KARMA' - explains this mechanism.
The Tattvarthasutra discriminates between two kinds of beings: Those who will reach ultimate freedom from all restricting karma (bhavya) and those who will not achieve this state (abhavya).
Those who seriously aspire freedom from all karmic limitations know intuitively what knowledge and what lines of action bring them closer to their goal. They do not restrict any part of their life, but rather arrange it in such a way that it makes their consciousness shift to higher dimensions.
All those not aspiring freedom from karmic limitations concentrate mainly on the material range of reality (sometimes on its more subtle aspects like art etc.). But as intelligent, clear and comprehensive the knowledge and perception of materially oriented persons may appear, their insights are and will remain temporary and do not contribute to inner growth. Everything they regard as 'progress' is accidental and will not last.
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