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factors. In general it happens when - after the inner opening - conducive conditions are present.15
It is entirely impossible to block the initial inner opening. And even the secondary process - our conscious exploration of this opening - may at the utmost be slowed down, but can never be totally barred.
Knowledge never comes from the outside. Every one of us always and permanently carries the source of all knowledge within. Knowledge and our ability to cognize it is one and the same inalienable and basic feature of our consciousness. The fact that we do not perceive this to its fullest at present is caused by our own prejudices, errors, misconceptions and erroneous beliefs what knowledge is all about, how it may be gained and that we already know everything. It is our very own emotional (karmic) attachment to these prejudices that block our access to higher knowledge. Once we remove these blocks, our awareness begins to reach into regions previously inaccessible. Any event at any location may then make us aware of the new range of knowledge available to us.
Imparting and explaining knowledge therefore never 'gives' knowledge to the student. It only makes him aware how much his awareness has opened up to his own inner source. And it may also guide him how to explore this opening and how to dissolve further karmic blocks - the prime cause for his progress.
Any negative attitude - whatever its origin - towards this process creates within us exactly the same type of obstruction we intend to cause in others.
15 We all experienced this: We work on a certain problem or try to remove some block in our understanding. We put in effort after effort and nothing seems to happen. Doubt starts if what we are doing will achieve anything at all. We begin to get annoyed.
And then - suddenly - our breakthrough comes. The block is removed, we reach a more comprehensive level of understanding, everything becomes clear and we think: 'How stupid, I didn't see it before'. - Whoever experienced such a breakthrough knows it comes suddenly, with lightening speed, with excitement shooting through us and motivating energy gushing through all our mind and body.
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