Karma the Mechanism

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

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KARMA - THE MECHANISM
SUTRAS
The following types of actions attract karma that blocks our own access to knowledge: - Rejecting, consciously ignoring or a negative attitude towards
knowledge - either felt inwardly or communicated to others. - Withholding knowledge - means to pretend ignorance as well as intentionally concealing knowledge from someone who is eager to learn.
Concealment of knowledge is often found in hierarchical organizations structured around a central focus (gurus, preachers etc.). Here frequently the argument is heard that artificial barriers in the process of gaining knowledge are necessary because a disciple is deemed 'not ready' for so-called 'higher' knowledge. Yet this reasoning is invalid, arbitrary and keeps the student in intentional subjugation.
The amount and type of knowledge we have access to depends only on how much we open ourselves to our impeccable source of knowledge within. We gain access to this source in the same degree as we remove our deep-seated prejudices, misconceptions and erroneous beliefs - i.e. our karmic obstructions.
We cannot comprehend knowledge that is still blocked by karma. Though present in our consciousness in latent form, it will stay beyond our grasp for as long as we permit our prejudice, pride etc to block access to it. Even though we may formally learn it, we remain incapable of understanding it.
Since the 'maturity' for more ('higher') knowledge depends always and only on the removal of karmic obstructions within the student, it can never be controlled by giving or withholding formal information. And it is always our own decision how intensely we work on removing our prejudices, misconceptions and erroneous beliefs (karma) that stand between knowledge and our