There are many misunderstandings about Karma. People make it into what they like. They often portray it as an irrefutable Law by a great mystical World saviour, Buddha.

But Karma, in the ancient Indian tradition for thousands of years before Buddha Gautama, is not a law because there is no lawmaker. Neither is it scientific because it is not a phenomenon outside the human body that can be measured, dissected, or held to account. After all, science is not complete without internal knowledge.

Karma is the nature of all existence. In fact, it is existence itself. In the natural world, it is true that if you sow a seed, at some point, its centre will force outwards and sprout. It could be almost immediately if the conditions are perfect for the ground and moisture, but it could also be months or years later. If it is true to say that it will germinate, the germination is the result of the seed, and so it is possible to say that there are conditions in the world, and they produce results.

We each have a nature, our true nature, and so each crime or contradiction against it is recorded in your unconscious, the storehouse of not only your entire existence but also that of your ancestors. Some call this storehouse a book, so everything contrary to your True Nature is written in your book and evokes a reaction. It may be guilt or unworthiness, insecurity or self-condemnation. The names of these uncomfortable feelings are of no consequence. Think of them as closing a small window or extinguishing a small light inside you. They block the smooth flow of your energy because we were totally available in our original natural state; nothing was held back – thus wholly pure.

Negative Karma, which we can potentially create every moment, is like static causing things to stick.

If you tell a lie, you can be confident that many other lies will follow. If you speak one truth, then many other truths will follow. Because we are unique humans in progress from animals to super-beings, goodness registers as a credit and evil as a discredit.

 

 

Karma is the epitome of human hope, which we always have in our peripheral vision as we create our lives moment by moment. The choice is ours as we are our creators: we can choose to generate grace or disgrace. But it is strange, an anomaly, that those who have accumulated so much disgrace are in the majority, and those who create only grace are in the minority.

Karma is continuously produced in the process of human life. The results are simultaneous. It is easy to observe in practice. If you smile at a stranger, they will probably smile back and reach out with a glowing word. The smile returned is the response to or result of the smile offered. If you raise a fist at someone, they will probably raise one back or rush away from you, terrified. The fist returned, or the fleeing is the reaction to or the result of the fist you raised. 

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” (Socrates)

Look at your life. Examine it closely. What makes you happy? What makes you sad? What do you desire? What do you avoid? If you do not observe your life to see how you use each precious moment, then you are living in hypnosis. To eliminate such swings in your emotions, just accept that most of your suffering is self-induced because you are not accepting that change is inevitable. Change and love are the only two certainties in life.

 

 

 

What are the causes of your states of happiness or unhappiness? Most suffering comes from craving for life to be other than it is. Accept that life is as it is, and all things are impermanent. Embrace each experience as it occurs and be ready for the next.

How can we prevent suffering? Drop limited ideas and perceptions about ourselves and others around us. Experiences can be unlearned, can be detached from. We can live life as the pure energy that we are.

To be entirely enduring happy, we must abandon expectations about the way we live. This is the correct perspective on our short human lives, and to get this perspective, just close your eyes and breathe. Meditation and attention to your breath will make you aware, and awareness is the key to enlightenment.