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Meher Baba

The operation of karma through successive lives*

Part 3 of 3

Creative karma possible only in physical body. If the nature of the Karma in earthly life is determined by impressions stored in the ego-mind, they in turn are determined by the nature of Karma in earthly life. The impressions in the egomind and the nature of Karma are interdependent. The Karma on earth plays an important part in shaping and reshaping the impressions in the ego-mind, and giving it a momentum which decides the further destiny of the individual. It is in the arena of earthly existence that creative and effective Karma can express through the medium of the gross body.

 

Becoming master of destiny.Proper understanding and use of the law of Karma enables man to become master of his own destiny through intelligent and wise action. Each person has become what he is through his own accumulated actions; and it is through his own actions that he can mould himself according to the pattern of his heart, or finally emancipate himself from the reign of Karmic determination which governs him through life and death.

 

Unbinding Karma. Broadly speaking, Karma is of two kinds: that which binds and that which helps towards emancipation and Self-realisation. Good as well as bad Karma binds as long as it springs from the ego-mind and feeds it, but Karma becomes a power for emancipation when it springs from right understanding. Right understanding in this respect is best imparted by the Masters who know the soul in its true nature and destiny, along with the complications created by Karmic laws.

 

  

Karma begins with distinction between good and bad. The Karma which truly counts comes into existence after the person has developed a sense of distinction between good and bad. During the first seven years of childhood the impressions which are released for expression are very faint. They also entail a consciousness of the world which is correspondingly less responsive to the distinctions of the world. Therefore the actions of children under seven years do not leave any strong or effective impressions on the ego-mind, and they do not play any important part in shaping their future. True and effective Karma, which moulds the ego-mind and its future, begins after the soul develops a sense of responsibility. This sense of responsibility is dependent upon a sense of distinction between good and bad which usually dawns fully when the soul has spent the first few years of childhood.

 

Comparison with law of cause and effect. The law of Karma is, in the world of values, the counterpart of the law of cause and effect which operates in the physical world. If there were no law of cause an effect in the physical world there would be chaos, and people would not know which thing might be expected to follow which thing. In the same way, if there were no law of Karma in the world of values, there would be an utter uncertainty of results in the world of values which men cherish, and people would not know whether to expect good or bad results from their actions. In the world of physical events there is a law of conservation of energy according to which no energy is ever lost. In the world of values there is a law that once Karma comes into existence, it does not mysteriously flitter away without leading to its natural result, but persists until it bears its own fruit or is undone through counter-Karma. Good actions lead to good results, and bad actions lead to bad results.

 

Law of Karma maintains moral order of universe. The moral order of the universe is sustained through the systematic connection between cause and effect in the world of values. If the law of Karma were subject to any relaxation, reversals or exceptions, and if not strictly applicable in the domain of values, there would be no moral order in the universe, and human existence would be precarious from the viewpoint of attainment of values. In a universe without moral order, human endeavour would be perpetually fraught with doubt and uncertainty. There cannot be any serious pursuit of values if there is no assured connection between means and ends and if the law of Karma can be set aside. The inflexibility of the law of Karma is a condition for significant human action which would be utterly impossible if the law of Karma could be safely ignored or flouted.

 

Karma and responsibility. In its inviolability the law of Karma is like the other laws of nature. However, the rigorousness of the operation of Karmic laws does not come to the soul as the oppressiveness of some external and blind power, but as something involved in the rationality of the scheme of life. Karmic determination is the condition of true responsibility. It means that a man will reap as he sows. What a person gathers by way of experience is invariably connected with what he does.

  

 

 

Law of Karma an expression of justice. If a person has done an evil turn to someone he must accept the penalty for it and welcome the evil rebounding upon himself. If he has done a good turn to someone he must also receive the reward for it and enjoy the good rebounding upon himself. What he does for another he has also done for himself, although it may take time for him to realise that this is exactly so. The law of Karma might be said to be an expression of justice or a reflection of the unity of life in the world of duality.

 

 

 

 


* Excerpt from Meher Baba. Discourses 6. Vol3. Reincarnation and Karma. Part VI







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