What is Karma?
Karma is the Sanskrit word
for action. It is equivalent to Newton’s law of ‘every action must have a
reaction’. When we think, speak or act we initiate a force that will react
accordingly. This returning force maybe modified, changed or suspended, but
most people will not be able eradicate it.
This law of cause and effect is not
punishment, but is wholly for the sake of education or learning. A person may not escape the consequences of
his actions, but he will suffer only if he himself has made the conditions ripe
for his suffering.
Ignorance of the law is no
excuse whether the laws are man-made or universal. To stop being afraid and to
start being empowered in the worlds of karma and reincarnation, here is what
you need to know about karmic laws.
1. THE GREAT LAW
- “As you sow, so shall you
reap”. This is also known as the “Law of Cause and Effect”.
Whatever we put out in
the Universe is what comes back to us.
If what we want is
Happiness, Peace, Love, Friendship… Then we should BE Happy, Peaceful, Loving
and a True Friend.
2. THE LAW OF CREATION
Life doesn’t just HAPPEN,
it requires our participation.
We are one with the
Universe, both inside and out.
Whatever surrounds us
gives us clues to our inner state.
BE yourself, and surround
yourself with what you want to have present in your Life.
3. THE LAW OF HUMILITY
- What you refuse to
accept, will continue for you.
- If what we see is an
enemy, or someone with a character trait that we find to be negative, then we
ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence.
4. THE LAW OF GROWTH
“Wherever you go, there
you are”.
For us to GROW in Spirit,
it is we who must change – and not the people, places or things around us.
The only given we have in
our lives is OURSELVES and that is the only factor we have control over.
When we change who and
what we are within our heart our life follows suit and changes too.
5. THE LAW OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Whenever there is
something wrong in my life, there is something wrong in me.
We mirror what surrounds
us – and what surrounds us mirrors us; this is a Universal Truth.
We must take
responsibility what is in our life.
6.THE LAW OF CONNECTION
Even if something we do
seems inconsequential, it is very important that it gets done as everything in
the Universe is connected.
Each step leads to the
next step, and so forth and so on.
Someone must do the
initial work to get a job done.
Neither the first step
nor the last are of greater significance,
As they were both needed
to accomplish the task.
Past-Present-Future they
are all connected…
7. THE LAW OF FOCUS
You can not think of two
things at the same time.
When our focus is on
Spiritual Values, it is impossible for us to have lower thoughts such as greed
or anger.
8. THE LAW OF GIVING AND
HOSPITALITY
If you believe something
to be true,then sometime in your life you will be called upon to demonstrate
that particular truth.
Here is where we put what
we CLAIM that we have learned, into actual
9. PRACTICE. THE LAW OF
HERE AND NOW
Looking backward to
examine what was, prevents us from being totally in the HERE AND NOW.
Old thoughts, old
patterns of behaviour, old dreams…
Prevent us from having
new ones.
10. THE LAW OF CHANGE
History repeats itself
until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path.
11. THE LAW OF PATIENCE AND
REWARD
All Rewards require
initial toil.
Rewards of lasting value
require patient and persistent toil.
True joy follows doing
what we’re suppose to be doing, and waiting for the reward to come in on its
own time.
12. THE LAW OF SIGNIFICANCE
AND INSPIRATION
You get back from
something whatever YOU have put into it.
The true value of
something is a direct result of the energy and intent that is put into it.
Every personal
contribution is also a contribution to the Whole.
Lack lustre contributions
have no impact on the Whole, nor do they work to diminish it.
Loving contributions
bring life to, and inspire, the Whole.
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