The Lords of Karma

[Guest guest]

Namaste Tony!

 

You said:

>I have a question: I have often pondered on the subject

>of 'Who' allocates the measure of each lifetime's karma.

>Is it an almost accidental thing, where circumstances of

>life attract various suitable karmas? Do Devas really help

>in this situation or is it one's own Higher Self all the time?

>Or is it just interpretation. Is it the Universal Mind itself

>dealing with its constituent parts.........ONS....Tony.

 

My understanding of karma is that it is like a law of physics. It is

similar to Newton's law of action and reaction: 'What goes around

comes around', as we say. This in turn seems similar to the law of

the conservation of energy. It endures as long as we identify with

the phenomena, where it all takes place.

 

Ultimately, it is a manifestation of the fact that there is one

single Unity underlying us all. We think that as doers we can

manipulate others and get away with it, but we do not realize that

'others' are ourself at some deep and mysterious level ... mysterious

in that the connection may not be immediately evident to the senses.

 

Saying this, I hasten to add that morality is highly ambiguous. It

is all fine to preach that we are our brother's keeper and should

make any sacrifice for them, as Christians often do, but what if the

brother is really misbehaving? Often those who preach morality the

most piously do not entail any great sacrifice in doing so. Words

are cheap, and other people can really be a pain sometimes! Let's be

honest about this. I prefer to remove myself from the presence of

seriously deluded people rather than throw my arms around them and

give them all my time and love and money. Others have a

responsibility to be decent and intelligent and honest. If they

fulfill these minimum duties, then it is much easier for us to help

them in their time of need. (For one thing, we can lend them money

and expect to get it back!)

 

So to answer your question, I think you got it right in your final

words: 'Is it the Universal Mind itself dealing with its constituent

parts.'

 

Om!

Benjamin