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pand the scope of what we perceive through pramana, it is therefore entirely at our own discretion, how fast and to what degree we remove these obstructions.
Also the clarity of pramana , - i.e. how clear or faulty our insight is - is determined by the karmic blocks that obstruct this ability.
The range of pramana further depends on the channels we use for perception. The bandwidth and qualities of these channels are described from Sutra 9 onwards.
pramana is our very key to 'higher' more comprehensive levels of consciousness. Only pramana enables us to evaluate the multitude of new impressions we receive during an expansion of consciousness. Only pramana gives us the dreamlike certainty to select and amplify only those impulses that drive us to further unfoldment.
It is primarily the development of pramana that opens our access to new areas of our consciousness and not the use of intellectual knowledge.
Intellectually analyzing new experiences is certainly of value. It can make us conscious of what we encountered, connect it to previous experiences and generally give us the confirmation and security that makes us continue on our chosen path.
Yet intellectual analysis can only yield results after we experienced the new (expansion of consciousness). It is utterly impossible to initiate an expansion of consciousness by intellectual analysis alone, or by thinking logically about it. And further - any attempt to intellectually analyze an expansion of consciousness while it is happening, significantly disturbs this process.
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