Effect of Karma in your Life- Baba

November 4, 2004

Effect of Karma in your Life- Baba========================

Spirituality aims at making you experience Karmas in a serene, composed way. A Mahaan can definitely ease the effect of your Karmas. But he cannot nullify your miseries. Krishna Paramaathma was always with the Pandavas, yet they were flooded with miseries. Towards the end of the Mahabharatha war, Bhishma laments to the Pandavas, "How much Karma you Pandavas have accumulated, that makes you suffer, despite Lord Krishna himself being always with you!."

Never grumble to a Mahaan that your miseries are not over. He can enhance your virtues. He can reduce your vices. He can never cancel your sorrows.

Why did God undergo trilas when He came as Rama and Sita. They reached the Ultimate. But their physical form still had to undergo some karmas. Else, why did Rama have to lid down on Darbha Grass? Why did he have to go to exile for 14 years and face hardship in the forest? Why did King Harischandra, Nala, pandavas suffer? All of them had certain Karmas. Why did Ramana Maharishi or Ramakrishna Paramahamsa or Yogi Ramsuratkumar Swamigal have to suffer from cancer. His physical form had to undergo the remaining Karmas. Everyone who takes birth has to experience Karmas to rise above the cycle of births.

I don't have any Karmas. So I am happy and free. You can also enjoy this. This is Mukthi. Mukthi is not living in an air conditioned room in Heaven. It is the art of leading life in this world with no thoughts to hinder the path. This will happen, only after you undergo all your Karmas. This is the concept that Shivashankar Baba wants to imbibe in you.

I am here with you, so, I can help you replay the loan of your Karmas, and add to your virtue list. I have the authorit to do so. I can even write off your Karma debts. But it is not worth it. If I discount your Karmas in this birth, you will have one more birth and the Karmas too, to suffer. I may or may not be there then, you may or you may not come to me! What is the Guarantee? So, now that I am here with you, I can help you bear your burden. If I do no, who will do this for you? By the carried over virtue of your previous births, you have come to a powerful Mahaan like me. If you do not have any Good left, it will pull you further down, what will you do? I am here with you now. I can make you undergo your Karmas, without you knowing the extent of your miseries.

Sorrows will come. When Karma aimed the Nagastra at Arjuna, Arjuna's destiny was, to be hit by it. But Krishna lowered the chariot with his toe and the arrow that must have beheaded Arjuna, knocked Arjuna's crown away. Fate had to be contented with this.

When you come to me with total Trust, I will ensure that your miseries do not affect you. A Mahaan bears your burdens. That's why Jesus states, "O Come, All Ye Burdened! I shall offer Thee shelter". Did Jesus claim to remove the load? All He offered was Rest.

What is rest??? An Old woman carrying a bundle of dry sticks on her head in the heat of summer, falls down in fatigue. A passer by unloads the bundle, escorts her to shade, gets some cool buttermilk for her to drink, fans her sweat away, makes her sleep for sometime, and when she is sufficiently releived, helps her reload her bundle. He puts the bundle back on her head. he does not carry it for her. He has helped her in need. That is it.

So also, a Gnani will be keen to help you undergo your Karmas and get you out of the cycle of rebirths. He is not an astrologer to give you shortcut methods that help you escape from your Karmas in this birth, but give you future birth cycles with added Karmas.

No Gnani will do that. A Gnani wishes to give you the best of things availabel with Him. He is not interested in confusing you further and making you undergo the torture of more births.

An old woman was thrashing rice. A Saivite saint knoced at her door. In a fit of rage, the woman hit him with her rod. True saints would accept with gratitude whatever is given to them. So, he ate a graub sticking to the rod after offering to Lord Shiva.

Days rolled by, that woman died. Yama asked Chitragupta to check out her account of good and bad deeds. Chitragupta said, "She has not done a single good deed throughout her life. But something good has happened without her knowledge. She had hit a saint with her rod and the saint offered a grain sticking on the rod to Shiva. As a consequence, she is eligible to have a darshan of Shiva for a moment, because Shiva owes her this." So Yama instructed his deputies to take her to Shiva Loka, allow her to have a one minute darshan of Shiva and bring her back to be put in hell. These deputies did not have the right of entry into Shiva Loka, so they bade the woman's return in a minute's time.

This woman was drawn by the Shiva Thandava, the chanting of the Vedas, the vibration of the songs. sathsanghs, that she just ran across to Shiva and sought the refuge of His Lotus feet. When there was no sign of her, Yama's deputies requested Shiva to send her back, saying "Without her knowledge, she performed a good deed. Now she refuses to come out". Shiva laughed and said "For Him who seeks protection at my Lotus feet, there is no Karma., For what deed are you planning to punish her?.

A single grain offered to Shiva can make such miracles happen......

The World was so long under the impression that a person who has renounced the world should wear saffron robes and live a secluded life. I have proved that it is really not necessary to wear sanyasi robes. I mingle as one among you. I Love all creatures, but I have no attachment. I have proved that

" What counts is Purity of Heart and not any external affectation".

I have been able to conduct this Spiritual Mission without expecting anything from anybody selflessly caring for people, that every single thing we do, can be done as a form of penance.

Love and Blessings - Baba

Shankaram Shiva ShankaramChant and be happy

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