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Hermann Kuhn
The rising of knowledge - i.e. the moment of understanding - causes deep satisfaction within us. Knowledge dissolves insecurity, misunderstanding and hesitation and produces an inner quietness, clarity, certainty and security that is in stark contrast to our previous state of mind and heart. The rising of higher states of consciousness is nothing other than the experience how knowledge unfolds within us.
The widespread opinion that knowledge can only be perceived through the senses, is wrong. Too often do we receive - by way of sudden intuitive insight - knowledge of objects and events that are hidden or far away, but certainly not in contact with our senses. Almost all reports of experiences of higher states of consciousness emphasize that these states arose without the help of the senses or material means.
SUTRA 11
BIET Utah 11 99 il Adye paroksam (11) The first two types of knowledge are perceived indirectly. (11)
- Sense-perception (mati) and - knowledge from external sources (books, teachers etc.)
(sruti) are called 'indirect', because their rising depends on factors that are outside our consciousness.
We hardly ever become aware of indirect knowledge at the time the karmic bond that blocked its perception dis
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