Journey karma

Journey karma

JOURNEY 

Be Aware of  Karma 

Let us never forget that our sojourn  on earth is temporary and that each  and every action is monitored and  accounted for, if we wish to lead  happy and prosperous lives

Though many people  doubt the theory of reincarnation,  a belief or rather the knowledge of it can  save us from many misfortunes  later on. Sadly even though most  Buddhists, Jains and Sanatanis  know about it, not many seem to  take it into account while living  their daily lives. 

The body or our incarnation in  this life is not the final reality of  our lives. Yet most people act as  though they are never going to  die or undergo a change of reality. 

When as a man someone  humiliates or abuses a woman,  he acts from the belief that he  shall always be a male under all  circumstances. If he could realise  that the situation can flip in  the next life – that he could be  born as a woman and be made  to undergo the same pain and  trauma he is inflicting on the  fairer sex thinking them to be  weak and inferior, he wouldn’t  behave under the influence of the  male ego. When the rich ill-treat  the poor – something we often  see – they forget that nothing  

is permanent in this illusory  reality. Tomorrow they can lose  their wealth or be born extremely  poor in their next birth and be  at the receiving end of the same  treatment they are meting out to  others. When young people mock  and abuse older people, they  forget that old age catches up  with everyone and few decades  down the line they might find  themselves defenseless against  humiliation from younger  people. 

When people in authority, misuse  their power, to rob, snatch and  oppress the weak, they forget  that position is temporary, and  the law of karma can switch roles  in their next birth, making them  undergo the same misery and  helplessness they are subjecting  others to. When humans abuse  animals, torture them for food,  hide and fun, they forget that this  life is not forever and the law of  karma acts unsparingly. They can  meet a similar fate in their next  life or even be born as an animal  to experience the same pain they  are giving them. When women  from middle-class families,  mentally torture their daughters in-law, they forget that they are  creating karma for themselves.  They tend to believe that bad  karma only constitutes, stealing  or killing, ignoring that fact that  hurting others emotionally is also  counted as a sin. 

Almost all the cases of past life  regression reveal that the healee  had victimised someone or abused  some form of power and authority  because of which they are suffering  in their current life.  

Even though I embraced  spirituality much later in life, I  was intuitively aware of this law  and could never take others for  granted like many. A few days  ago my husband asked me if I  had eaten sea-food while living in  Mumbai. I said no. He asked me  why? I told him that animals were  meant to be loved, not eaten. If  I was born as an animal I would  love my life as much as I love it  as a human and would never want  to end up in someone’s stomach.  I cannot willfully ignore this  truth and eat flesh simply as just  another food item. Human hubris  about his invincibility, power,  entitlement, and privilege can  anyday be shattered by the cold  hammer of divine justice. 

It doesn’t take long for the wheels  of fortune turn against you. To  show you your real place. Instead  of complaining and wailing about  how cruel life and fate are in those  moments, it is better to live in  intense awareness of our thoughts,  speech and action so that such a  situation never arises. 

Editor-in-Chief of Life Positive,  Shivi Verma is a devotee who  found all her answers in loving  

God passionately.