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# Re: Purifying Karma for advancement

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Purifying Karma for advancement
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 14:02:35 -0700
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    Dear Ricardo,

    >> Ive been reading a lot lately about Buddhism. They teach that
    purification of our personal Karma is very important for spiritual
    advancement because this karma acts like a veil that clouds our minds
    and at the same time stops us from growing. They also give five main
    ways to purify this karma. most of them include praying to some specific
    Buddhas who are supposed to be very powerful. my questions are: what
    would be the Hermetic perspective of this (purify karma for spiritual
    growth)? does any of the exercises in IIH clears or transmutes karma??
    if not, do you recomend any practice for this end? <<

    Karma is "cleared" or, as I prefer to say it, "redeemed" when the life
    lesson that it contains is learned and applied to your life. In other
    words, when you are transformed by it. So long as you resist that
    transformation, the karma remains unredeemed, uncleared, etc. See
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com/Redemption.html

    The Hermetic path is one of self-transformation which, by its nature,
    redeems the initiate's karma. Plus, the Hermetic learns the tools which
    help avoid the continued creation of additional negative karma. In
    other words, just "clearing" the karma doesn't mean much if you're also
    creating more all the time. :)

    >> Im not sure if im right about this but what I understand from
    buddhism is that the main goal is to reach illumination and scape
    samsara (the cicle of death and rebirth) and this is reached by
    meditation, practice of dharma (purify karma, againg) and follow a Guru.
    In your words what would be the goals of Hermetics? can you elaborate on
    this point? Im sorry if im being too ignorant in both subjets but i
    think it would be very beneficial for me to hear others oppinion. <<

    I do suspect that you've over-simplified Buddhism, but I imagine you
    know that. :)

    With Hermetics I don't think you can simplify things down to universal
    goals which every Hermeticist holds. Mainly because, Hermetics is about
    the development of your own self. Certainly "illumination" is a natural
    by-product of initiation, but not every Hermeticist holds that as a
    "goal". The ultimate *end-product* of Hermetic initiation however, is
    union with the Divine or One Self, but again it's not always held as a
    specific "goal" in the heart of every practitioner.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    04 May 2004
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
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