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SUTRAS
- Confusion of truth (viparyaya) - is the firm conviction that our own concepts are right, even if they do not correspond with reality.
Concepts based on flawed assumptions often appear surprisingly logical. As long as our thinking remains trapped in such models, it is impossible to discover the flaws in their construction. Without challenging the model from an outside perspective, our awareness will stay within the limits of the erroneous concept.
Adhering to a flawed concept often has the psychological effect that we subconsciously check all our experiences and events whether they fit into our cherished model. Facts that do not agree with the presumed concept are ignored, interpreted as unimportant, forgotten or not even perceived - without us be
ing able to control this process. - Carelessness, indifference, confusion (anadhayavasaya)
Carelessness is a lack of interest in everything that could further our inner growth. All negligence towards any person or object always also indicates a lack of respect towards ourselves.
Indifference is the tendency not to end a state of error and flawed concepts though we receive some (temporary) insight into the true mechanisms of this world. We feel an impulse to reevaluate our habitual behavior or to try out new types of action, but decline to follow this impulse because of laziness.
Carelessness and indifference - no matter towards whom or what - block inner growth. We only gain conscious and stable access to superior levels of consciousness if we commit the best of our energies and abilities towards this goal.
Confusion often mistakes cause and effect or assumes wrong causes. Many believe e.g. that passion is caused by matter (e.g. that it arises when we perceive a coveted object or person). In
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