Hi friends, I read about karma and still have several questions. Question 1: Say someone suffers from a disease which has karmic origins. What will be the karmic implications if I, as a physician, cure this person? Will I have to bear negative karma as a consequence of my curing this person, and thus, taking away an opportunity that this person had of redeeming its own karma? Is there a method to conveniently tell whether one's disease is, or not, of a karmic origin? I remember reading in "Souvenirs de Franz Bardon", that Franz Bardon refused to cure any patient which disease was of a karmic origin. Question 2: Assuming that following the path of Hermetics is like treading the "fast-track" to spiritual enlightment, assuming that releasing oneself from its karmic debt is a prerequisite to spiritual enlightment, does it mean that following the path of Hermetics will "accelerate" the triggering of karmic releases as a way for the initiate to clear its karmic debt as "quickly" as possible, and, thus, reach spiritual enlightment in a "minimum of time" -in a fewer incarnations- ? I guess this second question could also be formulated like: will following the Hermetic path bring total havoc and chaos in my life via a succession of rapid and destabilizing karmic releases?! I would not want my wife and future children to suffer from my choice of practicing Hermetism!!! Sorry for the broken English and thanks in advance for any hindsight! Blessings, Olivier [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]