THE INTERESTING FACT
ABOUT KARMA!
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IN LOSING AWARENESS OF SELF IS THE TRAP OF
KARMA. THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED, THE
ARCHITECT BECOMES CREATION. A SPIDER TRAPPED
IN A WEB OF ITS OWN MAKING IS A TRAGEDY.
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WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY COLLECTIVE KARMA? HOW DOES INDIVIDUAL KARMA INTEREST WITH COLLECTIVE KARMA?
ANS : THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU ARE THINKING AGAIN IN TERMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AS SEPARATE FROM EVERYTHING ELSE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
TODAY, PSYCHOLOGISTS SPEACK OF THAT ASPECT OF THE INDIVIDUAL UNCONSCIOUS THAT IS CONNECTED WITH A LARGER COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS. THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN BY COLLECTIVE KARMA. BECAUSE WE PERFORM CERTAIN ACTIONS, KARMA ACCUMULATE. THIS HAS INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CONSEQUENCES.
IMAGINE A POND FULL OF WATER. YOU GO THERE AND SCOOP OUT A BLUCKETFUL OF WATER. THEN YOU SCOOP OUT ANOTHER. IS THE FIRST BUCKTETFUL AND DIFFERENT FROM THE SECOND? CAN YOU SPEAK OF "THIS" WATER AND "THAT" WATER? IT IS THE SAME WITH LIFE. YOU CANNOT SPEAK OF "THIS" LIFE AND "THAT" LIFE.
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AT THIS MOMENT, IF YOU ARE WILLING, THE KARMA OF ADIYOGI, THE FIRST YOGI AND FIRST GURU, CAN BECOME YOURS. IT HAS ALREADY BECOME OURS IN SO MANY WAYS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS HE ACHIEVED THROUGH HIS KARMA THAT WE ARE MAKING USE OF TODAY. IT HAS BECOME OUR KARMA. YOU MAY NEVER HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SADHANA HE UNDERWENT, BUT YOU CAN ENJOY THE FRUITS OF HIS KARMA BECAUSE IT IS SIMPLE THERE, AVAILABLE TO ALL.
SO THERE IS JUST ONE COMMON KARMA, BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE COMMON EXISTENCE. BUT BASED ON YOUR QUALITY, YOU ATTRACT A PARTICULAR KIND OF KARMA TO YOURSELF. THE MOMENT OF DEATH IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING THE KIND OF QUALITY YOU HAVE AND THE KIND OF KARMA YOU ATTRACT. SO IF YOU DIE IN ANGER, IN HATRED, IN MISERY OR IN PAIN, YOU ATTRACT ONE KIND OF KARMA. IF YOU DIE IN PEACE OR BLISSFULNESS, YOU ATTRACT ANOTHER KIND OF KARMA.
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IN THE LAST OF FORTY SECONDS OF A PERSON'S LIFETIME, MANY LIFETIMES OF ACCUMULATED KARMA PLAY OUT IN FAST-FORWARD. IN THOSE CRUCIAL FORTY SECONDS, IF A PERSON MANAGES TO STAY AWARE, THEY CAN DROP LIFETIMES OF KARMA. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT KIND OF LIFE THEY HAVE LIVED. IF THEY ARE IN A CONSECRATED SPACE, OR IF THEY HAVE LIVED. IF THEY ARE IN A CONSECRATED SPACE, OR IF THEY HAVE DONE SOME SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND MANAGE TO STAY CONSCIOUS, THAT INTENSE PHASE WILL WIPE THEM CLEAN AND THEY CAN DISSOLVE THEIR KARMA ALTOGETHER.
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THIS IS WHY EVERY RELIGIOUS TRADITION PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON DYING IN PEACE. THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS GIVES ONE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY THE NEXT TIME ROUND. DYING IN JOY OR LOVE IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO DIE. DYING IN WHAT THE YOGIC TRADITION CALLS THE SAMADHI STATE IS THE ULTIMATE WAY TO DIE. THIS MEANS THAT WHILE YOU ARE LIVING, YOU WALK CONSCIOUSLY INTO DEATH.
THE EFFECT OF KARMA
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AGING AND DEATH
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- TOWARD THE END OF A PERSON'S LIFE, AS THE ALLOTTED KARMA REACHES COMPLETION, THE ENERGY BODY BEGINS TO GROW FEEBLE. AS A RESULT, THE PHYSICAL BODY GROWS INCREASINGLY FEEBLE AS WELL, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE ENERGY, OR PRANIC, BODY TO HOLD ON TO THE PHYSICAL BODY RECEDES. AS THE INFORMATION RUNS OUT, LIFE SLOWLY PETERS OUT. PHYSICAL LIFE BEGINS TO LOSE ITS INTENSITY.
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- THIS IS WHY YOU MAY NOTICE THAT EVEN A PERSON WHO HAS LIVED A VERY BASE, MATERIAL LIFE OFTEN SEEMS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS BEFORE THEIR DEATH TO CARRY AN AIR OF ETHEREAL PEACE, MATURITY, AND WISDOM. SUCH A PERSON IS MUCH LESS ATTACHED TO PEOPLE AND LESS SHAKEN BY EXTERNAL SITUATIONS.
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- WHEN THE PRANIC (ENERGY) BODY IS FEEBLE, IT WILL SLIP OUT OF THE BODY. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL DEATH OLD AGE. THE DOCTORS INCARIABLY DIAGNOSE THIS AS AN ORGAN FAILURE OF SOME SORT, BUT THE FACT IS JUST THAT THE PERSON HAS SLIPPED OUT OF THE BODY BECAUSE OF THE FEEBLENESS OF THE ENERGY BODY. THIS IS THE IDEAL WAY TO DIE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT BEING FORCED OUT OF THE BODY, YOU ARE NATURALLY MOVING OUT. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO GO.
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- SUCH BEINGS EXIST NOW NOT ON THE BASIS OF DISCRETION OR CONSCIOUS VOLITION BUT ON THE BASIS OF THEIR TENDENCIES, WHICH BUFFET THEM ABOUT WITHOUT ANY VOLITION ON THEIR PART. SINCE THEY ARE RULED ONLY BY TENDENCIES AT THIS POINT, THE KARMA TAKES MUCH LONGER TO WORK ITSELF OUT.
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- BASICALLY , THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU FUNCTION UNCONSCIOUSLY, YOUR KARMA RULES YOU ABSOLUTELY. AS SOON AS YOU FUNCTION WITH SOME AWARENESS, THE POWER OF KARMA OVER YOURLIFE WEAKNESS. IN LIFE BEYOND THE BODY, DISCRETION DOES NOT EXIST, SO KARMA RULES ABSOLTELY. IF YOU HAVE PLEASANT KARMA WITHIN YOU, IT GETS MAGNIFIED, AND IF YOU HAVE UNPLEASANT KARMA WITHIN YOU, IT GETS INTENSIFIED. IT IS THESE INTERNAL CONDITONS THAT ARE REFERRED TO AS HEAVEN AND HELL IN MANY TRADITIONS.
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- THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS YOUR KARMA WHEN YOU ARE IN THE EMBODIES STATE. AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN WORK OUT IN TEN YEARS WHAT MIGHT TAKE A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE DISEMBODIED CONDITION.
- EVEN TODAY, THERE ARE TENDENCIES THAT ARE PUSHING AND PULLING YOU. THIS IS WHY THE WORD RESPONSIBILITY IS SO IMPORTANT. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EXERCISE THE CHOICE EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE, EITHER TO FOLLOW YOUR TENDENCY OR TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION. IF YOU LIVE WITH THIS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, YOUR TENDENCIES WILL NOT RULE YOU, AND YOUR FUTURE WILL NOT MIMIC THE PAST.
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- THERE IS MUCH TERROR IN THE WORLD AROUND THE IDEA OF GHOSTS. SINCE THE ALLOTTED KARMA IS STILL STRONG, THEIR PRESENCE IS FELT A LITTLE MORE STRONGLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THE MORE SENSITIVE MAY BE ABLE TO SENS THIS. BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR ABOUT THEIR PRESENCE. THINK OF A GHOST SIMPLY AS A PERSON, LIKE YOU, WHO HAPPENED TO LOSE THEIR BODY. YOU ARE ALSO A GHOST, BUT WITH A BODY. NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, REALLY! A GHOST WITH A BODY CAN CAUSE MUCH HARM, AS YOU KNOW, BUT A GHOST WITHOUT A BODY HAS MEAGER CAPABILITIES.
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- THE WORD KARMA IS DERIVED FROM THE SANSKRIT KRI, TO DO, ALL ACTION IS KARMA. TECHNICALLY, THIS WORD ALSO MEANS THE EFFECTS OF ACTIONS. IN CONNECTION WITH METAPHYSICS, IT SOMETIMES MEANS THE EFFECTS, OF WHICH OUT PAST ACTIONS WERE THE CAUSES. BUT IN KARMA-YOGA WE HAVE SIMPLY TO DO WITH THE WORD KARMA AS MEANING WORK. THE GOAL OF MANKIND IS KNOWLEDGE. THAT IS THE ONE IDEAL PLACED BEFORE US BY EASTERN PHILOSOPHY. PLEASURE IS NOT THE GOAL OF MAN, BUT KNOWLEDGE. PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS COME TO AN END. IT IS A MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE THAT PLEASURE IS THE GOAL. THE CAUSE OF ALL THE MISERIES WE HAVE IN THE WORD IS THAT MEN FOOLISHLY THINK PLEASURE TO NE THE IDEAL TO STIVE FOR. AFTER A TIME MAN FINDS THAT IT IS NOT HAPPINESS, BUT KNOWLEDGE, TOWARDS WHICH HE IS GOING, AND THE BOTH PLEASURE AND PAIN ARE GREAT TEACHERS, AND THAT HE LEARNS AS MUCH FROM EVIL AS FROM GOOD. AS PLEASURE AND PAIN PASS BEFORE HIS SOUL THEY HAVE UPON IT DIFFERENT PICTURES, AND THE RESULT OF THESE COMBINED IMPRESSIONS IS WHAT IS CALLED MAN'S "CHARACTER". IF YOU TAKE THE CHARACTER OF ANY MAN, IT REALLY IS BUT THE AGGREGATE OF TENDENCIES, THE SUM TOTAL OF THE BENT OF HIS MIND, YOU WILL FIND THAT MISERY AND HAPPINESS ARE EQUAL FACTORS IN THE FORMATION OF THAT CHARACTER. GOOD AND EVIL HAVE AN EQUAL SHARE IN MOULDING CHARACTER, AND IN SOME INSTANCES MISERY IS A GREATER TEACHER THAN HAPPINESS. IN STUDYING THE GREAT CHARACTERS THE WORLD HAS PRODUCED, I DARE SAY, IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES, IT WOULD BE FOUND THA IT WAS MISERY THAT TAUGHT MORE THAN HAPPINESS, IT WAS POVERTY THAT TAUGHT MORE THAN WEALTH, IT WAS BLOWS THAT BROUGHT OUT THEIR INNER FIVE MORE THAN PRAISE.
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