Guest guest Posted August 2, 1997 Report Share Posted August 2, 1997 > > Your consciousness, and thus your thoughts generated from your > > present state of consciousness, are a result of your previous > > actions. These actions build up a series of reactions which > > gradually mould your specific thoughts. Besides this, your > > thought process is created by your particular nature and karma in > > relation to the material energy in the form of the material mind. > > Seems like that there is no way out from this material world. Once > we are caught in the net of Maya, then we are simply acting under > the past karma which is making us to create new karma. The question > is how someone can become a devotee of Krishna if he/she is already > predestined to act on material platform, because of the acumulated > past karma? Your argument neglects to consider the point that although our consciousness is colored by karma, we always have free will at every point in time. So although we may think a certain way, we are constantly making decisions about what to do in the future which creates new karmic reactions. Do not forget that free will is there which enables us to accept the mercy of a devotee of Krsna when he approaches us. When we are attracted to the devotee and accept what he says, then we can counteract the resultant reactions of karma which determine to a large degree our particular state of consciousness. Especially when we start chanting Hare Krsna which destroys at the root the role of karma in our lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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