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SUTRAS
ATTRACTION TO KARMA
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is only a deep-rooted karmic bond that characterizes the lower stages of development. We reinforce this inclination each time we use our senses. Four negative passionate emotions - Anger (rage), arrogance (pride), the intention to deceive others (manipulation) and greed (addiction) attach us firmly to the objects or events on which we focus this type of emotional energy. They manifest and strengthen our deep-seated desire for further experiences of this kind. The four negative passionate emotions retain our consciousness on the lower stages of development since these are the only levels we can experience them in. Indifference to the Five Freedoms9 - Not to care whether we cause injury to others or deceive them, whether we take what is not given freely, are unwilling to grow or cling to our possessions, firmly bonds our consciousness to the first four stages of development. 25 activities that prolong our cycle of incarnations are:
1 - orienting towards growth 10 2 - activities that intensify or propagate delusion and error 3 - all activities we cause with our body, speech and mind 4 - the tendency to neglect the Five Freedoms 5 - moving without care so that small beings on the ground may
get killed or injured 6 - the tendency to accuse others in anger
8 Once we begin to dissolve this bond - from the sixth stage of development onwards - we become aware that our present environment is not a primary feature of the universe but only one result of our emotional (karmic) attachment to a limited range of interactions between matter, time, space, movement and rest. We then also realize that other, far broader and more fascinating features exist outside the limits of our
five senses. 9 see 'FIVE FREEDOMS' for details 10 this applies only to the inhabitants of higher, 'celestial' regions. For a
detailed explanation see sutra 20 and 21.
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