KARMA

*Karma: n

1. Eastern religion Eastern philosophy: the Hindu and Buddhist philosophy according to which the quality of people’s current and future lives is determined by their behavior in this and in previous lives
2. Atmosphere: the atmosphere radiated by a place, situation, person, or object (informal)
3. Destiny: destiny or fate in general

The term karma became part of the general lexicon in the west during the 60’s. It certainly is cooler to say karma than “reap what you sow” yet it means exactly the same thing. This is a cosmic law, is never broken and there is no appeal. Think law of gravity. Same rules apply. The mistake many make when thinking on karma is that it is a form of punishment. Unlike gravity our actions determine our karma, reaping what we have sown. It’s been said millions of times by spiritual teachers for thousands of years: like attracts like, yet so many deny or just flatly ignore this cosmic law looking for something outside themselves to blame their troubles and difficulties on. The Law of Attraction works both ways. When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change. To be clear: everyone faces some trouble or difficulty in the course of their lives they did nothing to attract but these occasions are rare, if we are rigorously honest with ourselves it is clear that by the choices and decisions we made, especially before embracing the Spiritual way of living, we placed ourselves in a position to be hurt. We are blessed with free will, the ability to chose the path we walk, the choices we make determine the crop we reap. Avoid then the manufacture of misery and suffering, Living on the Spiritual Basis we walk the road less traveled, trusting and relying on a power greater than ourselves to solve all our problems.




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