Karma the Mechanism

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

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SUTRAS
THE NATURE OF KARMIC BONDS
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tense form this karma prevents us from giving any credibility to our insights, - it blocks us to seriously and systematically explore
and expand this ability. - Direct perception of the consciousness of others (nianal-paryaya)
- is a state of consciousness where we sense the mental activity of another person immediately in our own mind. This channel is far more precise and reaches into far subtler regions than telepathy and clairvoyance (avadhi) have access to. It operates in a dimension of our consciousness where our senses and our mind play only indirect roles.
Karmas that obstruct the functioning of this channel mainly prevent the very rising of this type of insight. Direct mental perception becomes possible when all karmas that blocked this channel are either dissolved or have become inactive (latent). Once this channel is active, these karmas influence the scope and depth of what we perceive through it. - Omniscience (kevala jnana) - While the previous four channels of knowledge register only a limited part of reality, omniscience perceives all elements and all their manifestations in the present, past and future simultaneously.
Omniscience is not caused by any external means; - it is the complete unfoldment of our consciousness by itself. It arises automatically when our consciousness is not restrained by karmic delusions any more.
We do not experience omniscience with our mind, since the mind is only a partial aspect of our consciousness and cannot direct its attention to this multitude of simultaneous events and objects.
Karmas that block this type of comprehension need to be fully dissolved to enable omniscience to rise. The scope and precision of the advanced channels of perception far exceed the range of the senses and the mind. Yet although our Western society presently regards everything that functions without