THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
GOOD KARMA 👀 AND
👀 BAD KARMA
WHAT IS KARMA ?
LITERALLY, THE WORD MEANS ACTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, MOST PEOPLE HAVE UNDERSTOOD ACTIONS IN TERMS OF GOOD AND BAD DEEDS. THEY SEE KARMA AS A BALANCE SHEET OF MERITS AND DEMERITS, VIRTUES AND SINS. A LIFE AUDIT OF SORTS. TO OTHERS, IT IS A LADGER MAINTAINED BY SOME DIVINE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT WHO ASSINGS SOME PEOPLE TO CELESTIAL BLISS AND CONSIGNS OTHERS TO A NETHER WORLD OR INTO THE MAW OF SOME RECYLING MACHINE THAT SPEWS THEM BACK INTO THIS WORLD TO SUFFER SOME MORE.
THIS IS NOT MERELY FALSE AND ABSURD. IT IS TRAGIC.
THIS THIS NOTION HAS CREATED GENERATIONS OF PUZZLED AND FEARFUL HUMAN BEINGS WHO USE THE TERM INDISCRIMINATELY, WITHOUT A CLUE OF WHAT IT MEANS. IT HAS SPAWNED A BRAND OF FATALISM THAT HAS PARALYSED VAST SEGMENTS OF PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN USED TO VALIDATE SOCIAL INJUSTICES AND POLITICAL TYRANNIES OF VARIOUS KINDS. IT HAS ALSO LED TO MUCH SPURIOUS PHILOSOPHIZING AND EMPTY ACADAMIC DEBATE AND HAS, OF COURSE, BOOSTED THE FORTUNE-TELLING INDUSTRY!
LET US SHATTER THE FIRST MYTH.
IN ACTUAL FACT, KARMA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH REWARD AND PUNISHMENT. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOME DESPOTIC LIFE AUDITOR UP IN THE SKY, WORKING WITH PRIMITIVE DEVICES OF CARROT AND STICK. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A BENIGN GOD UP IN THE HEAVEN. NOTHING TO DO WITH DIVINE RETRIBUTION. NOTHING TO DO WITH VIRTUE ANS SIN, GOOD AND EVIL, GOD AND MR.LUCIFER.
KARMA SIMPLY MEANS WE HAVE CREATED THE BLUEPRINT FOR OUT LIVES. IT MEANS WE ARE THE MAKERS OF OUR OWN FATE. WHEN WE SAY "THIS IS MY KARMA", WE ARE ACTUALLY SAYING, " I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY LIFE".
KARMA IS ABOUT BECOMING THE SOURCE OF ONE'S OWN CREATION. IN SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY FROM HEAVEN TO ONESELF, ONE BECOMES THE VERY MAKER OF ONE'S DESTINY.
KARMA IS THE NATURAL BASIS OF ALL EXISTENCE. IT IS NOT A LAW THAT IS IMPOSED FROM ABOVE. IT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO OUTSOURCE OUR RESPONSIBILITY ANYWHERE ELSE, IT DOES NOL ALLOW US TO BLAME OUR PARENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR COUNTRIES, OUR POLITICIANS, OUR GODS, OR OUR FATES. IT MAKES EACH ONE OF US SQUARELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN DESTINIES AND, ABOVE ALL, THE NATURE OF OUR EXPERIENCE OF LIFE.
SO THE ONLY RELEVANT QUESTION HERE IS, ARE YOU READY FOR KARMA?
ARE YOU READY TO HEAR ABOUT A DIMENSION THAT IS SO EMPOWERING THAT IT TELLS YOU THAT YOU ARE FULLY CAPABLE OF TAKING THE REINS OF YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS?
IF NOT, READ NO FURTHER.
IF YOU ARE WILLING, AND IF YOU ARE CURIOUS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW THIS MECHANISM WORKS, THIS BOOK COULD BE YOUR KEY. AND YOU NEED TO DO AFTER THIS IS TO FIRE UP YOUR ENGINE AND SET OFF ON YOUR NEW LIFE JOURNEY. ONCE YOU ARE AT THE WHEEL, YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE RIDE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ONE THING, HOWEVER. KARMA IS NOT DOCTRINE. YOU DO NOT GET ABY BROWNIE POINTS FOR SUBSCRIBING TO IT. YOU DO NOT GET ANY NEGATIVE MARKS FOR DISBELIEVING IT. KARMA IS NOT A CREED, A SCRIPTURE, AN IDEOLOGY, A PHILOSOPHY, OR A THEORY. IT IS SIMPLY THE WAY THINGS ARE. IT IS AN EXISTENTIAL MECHANISM, LIKE THE SUN, IT OPERATES WHETHER YOU ACKNOLEDGE IT OR NOT, WHETHER YOU PAY OBEISANCE TO IT OR IGNORE. IT IS NOT LOOKING FOR A FAN CLUB.
IT SIMPLY TURNS YOU FROM A WHILE-KNUCKLED, TERROR-STRUCK PASSENGER IN THE BACKSEAT INTO A CONFIDENT DRIVER, IN CHARGE OF THE WHEEL, JOYFULLY NAVIGATING THE COURSE OF YOUR OWN DESTINY.
