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Carelessness and indifference - irrespective towards whom or what - block inner growth. The conscious and stable insight into more comprehensive levels of consciousness becomes only possible when we commit the best of our energies and abilities to this goal.
THE NOTION OF GROWTH
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 reality passion is caused within ourselves (by our own thoughts and emotions) and then projected onto an object of desire.
Error is either caused
- from within ourselves or
- by the influence of others - i.e. by accepting (believing in) concepts based on error.
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Both variations block the ability to find our way to more satisfying and comprehensive levels of inner growth.
Objection: Our notion of growth cannot possibly always be active so that we always recognize true knowledge. To achieve this our consciousness and senses would have to be flawless and working perfectly. For someone, who has not reached liberation (moksa), this is not possible.
Furthermore why should someone whose notion of growth is not active not also receive true knowledge at some time or another, even if this state does not last?
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And finally what about all those who discover unknown things e.g. in the realm of science and who achieve identical authentic results as other researchers. Should this not be called 'gaining true knowledge'?
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