Karma the Mechanism

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

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KARMA - THE MECHANISM
SUTRAS
We gain knowledge from external sources through verbal instruction and by studying books. Yet insights from these sources do not automatically arise when our senses perceive written or spoken words. We obtain access only when we make a conscious effort to understand and integrate what we have read or heard.
Karma that obstructs this channel hinders us to raise sufficient energy to comprehend meaning that exists outside the range of our sense-perception - and also beyond our prejudices and conditioning that prevent us from understanding. It may also block physical access to this channel (e.g. lack of time, no contact to suitable teachers, unavailability of the corresponding books, mere superficial or insincere interest in the subject etc.).
- Extra-sensory perception (clairvoyance and telepathy) (avadhi) -
provides insights into regions of our life that are inaccessible to sense-perception or through the channel of external knowledge.
Telepathy and clairvoyance are not the transfer of single words or symbols, but an extremely fast communication of complex contents that happens on the level of feeling and intuition. The main carrier of this communication are our emotions, not our thoughts.
We experience telepathy e.g. when we steer a car and our passenger says 'go right', but means 'left', and we correctly turn left; - it is the wordless understanding between two persons; - it is the sure knowledge who is on the other side of the line when our phone rings etc.
We experience clairvoyance when we e.g. meet someone for the first time, but get the strong feeling to have known him or her all our life, - or realize instantly and intuitively that this person will be the source of trouble in the future. Further examples of this ability are premonitions, experiences of 'Déjà vu' and the certain, unquestionable knowledge that a particular path of action will or will not bring the desired results.
Karma that obstructs the functioning of this channel influences the clarity with which we perceive these insights. In its most in