Philosophy of Soul and Matter

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Clare Rosenfield
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Center

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passion), a vibration is created. Those vibrations which you send out pick up microscopic particles (atoms and molecules) from the universe and come back to you. Once you absorb them, they bind you and obscure your clear vision. They are like static on a radio station preventing you from getting a clear reception of the program.
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The particles which you receive cover your pure consciousness and hinder you from getting in touch with your real self. They hold you back from feeling at home in the universe. If your feeling of kashaya was very intense, then the particles received will be more dense, and the weightiness you feel will be greater. Many physical and mental diseases start in this way. If your feeling of repulsion was slight, then the particles received will be less dense and therefore less binding
What then is karına or karmas? Particles you have received and assimilated from the universe. How did they come? You attracted them by sending out a vibration, an invitation. This process is subtler than the working of a radio program, because what is inside your feeling, what is behind the inner program of your mind is animate and creative; it is sentient energy.
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