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SUTRAS
THE KEY TO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
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These two types of direct mental perception (manah-paryaya) differ in their degree of clarity and in the possibility of losing this ability again. (24)
We experience direct mental perception (manal-paryaya) from the seventh to the twelfth stage of development.
Two factors determine the degree in which direct mental perception manifests:
- The clarity of what we directly perceive is determined by the de
gree to which the respective blocking karma has been dissolved or became inactive.
Comprehensive direct perception (vipulamati) is far clearer than its simple form (rjumati). It recognizes far subtler forms of matter and higher dimensions of reality than is accessible to the simple variation.
- The possibility of losing this ability again depends on which of two paths we choose in the seventh stage of development52 (apramatta virata). 1 - The suspension of karma. On this path most our remaining
karma recedes into a latent, inactive state. Since up to stage eleven inactive karma does not obstruct progress, this enables us to experience the character of the higher stages. The path leads via level 8, 9 and 10 to level 11, from where we go back to any of the lower levels.
Our ascent beyond level 11 is blocked as long as our emotional longing for experiences on lower levels - (our latent, inactive karma) - obstructs further advancement.
As long as we do not fundamentally dissolve our remaining karma, we only get access to the simple form (rjumati) of this channel.
52 see '14 STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT' - stage seven
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