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THE NOTION OF GROWTH
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- the binding of karmic matter to a living being
(bandha) - the termination of the process that binds karmic
matter to a living being (samvara) - the separation of karmic matter from a living being
(nirjara) and - the liberation of a living being from all influences
that limit his innate qualities and abilities (moksa) are reality. (4)
At first sight some of the components listed may look quite unfamiliar. Yet this description covers not only our familiar Western concept of reality where matter presently plays a central role, but also includes all mechanisms that make us really experience life.
How little our Western, matter-oriented concept can guide us, always becomes apparent when we crave concrete, practical orientation. Once life confronts us with grave immediate and individual problems, all scientific descriptions of a material, external universe are of no help because they do not cover any of our emotions, our motivations and all that really moves us inside.
The components listed in the sutra include far more than only the physical building blocks of our reality. They also describe the mechanisms that govern our actions, the amount of energy at our disposal, our feeling and direction of life, our thinking and our emotions, - irrespective if they effect us in a direct or indirect way. The power and practicability of this description enable us to steer our life far more efficiently then ever before and open our awareness to previously unknown activities of our consciousness.
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