Illness and Karma

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Anytime we act from a fearful or angry place, we create Karma, an

inertia that doesn't serve our deeper self. It only perpetuates our

injury, unless we can do with such a full awareness, trust and a gusto

that we can " cut ourselves in half " , and drop our egos in the process.

It's a very tricky game, without an ally (therapist).

Gathering loads of Karma will make us older than we need to be. We

have this sacred science of Kundalini Yoga to create a stillness so that

we can act, or *respond*, without involving ourselves too deeply in the

wheel of karma, cause and effect, time and space.

One result of a deep practice is that while we may still have karmic

tendencies/inertias/blocked meridians from past actions or inaction and

thoughts, the price paid is not nearly so grave. A simple example would

be one might suffer a bad ankle sprain instead of breaking it, or the

whole leg.

 

In Ahimsa, which is the principle of non-harming, we strive to add to

the sum total of peace in the world and, as much as possible, not add to

the sum total of violence in the world.

 

Our bodies remember everything. You can look at a person's body and know

what, and how, they have been thinking and feeling for the last 20 years

(it can take that long for an illness to manifest from an imbalanced

thought form, bad feeling, or action). And one can tell from what a

person is saying and thinking in this here and now, what their health

challenges and body situation will be on into the future.

 

In Ayurvedic thought, all illness begins as a thought form. If we

continue feeding that limited thought form eventually we will bump up

against how that thought has not served us. It will go beyond an

habitual tension and manifest as some really limiting problem.

Chickens will come home to roost. We reap what we sow. These are old,

familiar concepts that apply.

 

Self Love and self trust are the key to breaking the cycle (Gestalt),

and effecting a more rewarding outcome.

 

Time for sleep.

Dharam Singh

Millis, MA

 

 

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