Helena Roerich, Letters of Helena Roerich Volume I: 1929-1935 (5 May 1934)
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In each life a person can neutralize a certain part of his old karma, which reaches him in this incarnation, and certainly he then starts a new karma. But if his consciousness is broadened he can outlive more quickly the accumulated karma, and the new karma he then creates will be already of higher quality. Moreover, the old karma will not be as fearful because of the purified thinking; therefore the purified aura will react entirely differently on the return blows. And in this way man can emerge from the spellbound circle of karma. But this concerns only the earthly karma, which attracts him to Earth, for karma cannot be entirely eliminated so long as there is consciousness and thought. Karma which corresponds with the cosmic laws will infinitely improve its quality, entering new cycles and coming out of them, and so into Infinity.

— Helena Roerich on Karma

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In each life a person can neutralize a certain part of his old karma, which reaches him in this incarnation, and certainly he then starts a new karma. But if his consciousness is broadened he can outlive more quickly the accumulated karma, and the new karma he then creates will be already of higher quality. Moreover, the old karma will not be as fearful because of the purified thinking; therefore the purified aura will react entirely differently on the return blows. And in this way man can emerge from the spellbound circle of karma. But this concerns only the earthly karma, which attracts him to Earth, for karma cannot be entirely eliminated so long as there is consciousness and thought. Karma which corresponds with the cosmic laws will infinitely improve its quality, entering new cycles and coming out of them, and so into Infinity." in the context of "Helena Roerich, Letters of Helena Roerich Volume I: 1929-1935 (5 May 1934)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Helena Roerich

About Helena Roerich

Helena Ivanovna Roerich (12 February 1879 – 5 October 1955) was a Russian mystic, philosopher, spiritual teacher, writer, social and women's rights activist.