When a body/mind is exposed to Dharma it becomes conditioned by these teachings like any other exposure to information. The karmic mind-consciousness may itself turn towards its essential nature. No one is doing this, it's just stimulus-response conditioning. As a result it may relax into stillness if pointed in that direction. It's basic goal is to assure the survival of the organism and its own evolved sense of self-ness. It operates through a very primitive and simplistic paradigm: "If it feels... Zum Artikel