KARMA

What is karma?

Karma is based on the principle that: what you sow, you reap. It can be explained in terms of cause and effect. The cause refers to your actions and the effect refers to the consequences of those actions. Therefore, karma is a debt you owe or a blessing you shall receive. There are two types of karma: negative and positive. Negative or bad karma refers to the consequences you have to face due to negative actions. Positive or good karma refers to spiritual blessings that will come your way due to positive actions or selfless good deeds.

God has made laws by which His universe is governed, and it is the duty of all His creations to follow those laws. It is their duty, but they cannot be forced into doing anything – this is the nature of free will. So whatever choice you make is up to you, but even if you choose not to follow God’s laws you will always operate under them. No soul is beyond spiritual law.

How does karma work?

Can positive and negative karma cancel each other out? The two do not cancel each other out, so you will have to pay for your misdeeds, and you will receive spiritual blessings for the good deeds. Good and bad karma are completely separate from each other. A person can build karma with his or her thoughts as well. Karma is a result not only of action, but of thought and words as well. All three go hand in hand.

How does negative karma come to a person?

It can come to you as mental, physical, or emotional pain, in the form of problems with health, family, money, legalities, and so on. Illness can be something you have chosen to go through in order to pay off your karmic debt. This is the idea behind negative karma – you are using this earthly life to pay off a debt. This debt was created not only in past lives but in your current life as well.

Do not be under the impression that you are only paying for the wrong deeds you have done in a previous life. You could have come to Earth with little karma, a small karmic debt, but if you are on the wrong path now, you are adding negative karma as you continue to live your life. The understanding of karma is actually very useful to human beings because there are times when pain comes your way, and you do not know why. This pain is something you have chosen because it is necessary for your spiritual growth. Knowing this, you will be able to go through it more gracefully. Never lose an opportunity to undo the wrong deeds you have done. It is a blessing to resolve past issues in this life on Earth itself, rather than procrastinate because of your pride. You must resolve the karma with each particular person in this lifetime only; you can pay off karma much easily and more quickly in this manner than if you wait to pay it off in another life. If you don’t undo the wrong you have done now , your negative karma increases because God has given you an opportunity, which you chose to reject.