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Hermann Kuhn
EXAMPLE: We find out that a cable connects a receiver to the object. We understand that there are keys through which we can input numbers that cause similar objects in other places to become active.
'How does it work?'
Vyavahara is the primary mechanism that shapes our present perception of reality. In its current state of karmic limitation our consciousness splits the totality of this universe into small parts and single action-sequences. Our present state of embodiment makes us perceive these consecutive single events in great detail and like in slow motion so we can physically experience how certain features of this universe work.
4. Asserting what really manifests in the present
(rju sutra). The PRESENT is the only time that gives us access to reality. Everything we do, everything we experience, everything that confronts us, only happens in the present. Even if we think of the past (when we remember something), or plan the future, we do this only in the present. Therefore only what we experience here and now can give us information about an object, an event, or ourselves.
But in the present we experience not only mere temporary, fleeting manifestations. Fleetingness is only one aspect of the present. Every object or event - irrespective how fleeting it may be - always also mirrors the totality of the reality that originally caused it to manifest.
The statement 'I am happy' e.g. describes a positive experience in the present. The basis of this statement - the being that is cheerful, the cause and the type of its
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