Karma the Mechanism

Author(s): Hermann Kuhn
Publisher: Crosswind Publishing Germany

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KARMA - THE MECHANISM
SUTRAS
- obstructing the process of gaining knowledge - denying truth proclaimed by others although we recognize it as
truth and - discrediting truth although we recognize it as such attracts karma that prevents our intuition from orienting towards growth (samyag darshana). It also obstructs access to knowledge that advances our development (samyag jnana). (10)
Communicating and explaining true knowledge helps others to become aware of the magnitude of their inner potential. It opens mind and heart to the fact that everyone is capable of freeing himself from restricting influences. And it informs our fellow people of the methods how to reach this goal.
If we spurn this process, maintain a negative attitude towards it or obstruct it intentionally, we mainly block our own access to knowledge - and with this our access to freedom from all karmic limitations.
It is fundamentally impossible to prevent others from gaining knowledge.
The process of gaining knowledge is triggered by the dissolution of karmic blocks inside us. Once these blocks are removed, we gain access to further regions of the complete and perfect knowledge always present within us. After becoming aware of this opening, we begin to explore our - newly available - range of insight intuitively and intellectually. This exploration integrates the (new) knowledge into our consciousness and makes it accessible for practical use.
How and at what time we realize that our consciousness gained access to (new) knowledge depends on inner and outer circumstances. This realization can be triggered by sudden intuitive insight (darshana), by verbal instruction, by reading descriptions of it and other