The definition of karma? For every action there will always be a reaction. Your actions create a ripple in the universe. Your thoughts and actions are powerful. They carry energy. They are like an echo.
Your thoughts and feelings shape the world within you. Your words and actions shape the world around you. You are constantly shaping your world, little by little.
In popular sayings, we have:
It will come home to them
Chickens return to their roost
They will get what's coming to them
The meaning is that evil is returned to the wrong-doer and they will eventually suffer for what they did.
This, in essence is the Law of Karma. That we receive what we give. That all our actions reflect back upon us, either in this world or in the subsequent ones.
Your thoughts and feelings shape the world within you. Your words and actions shape the world around you. You are constantly shaping your world, little by little.
In popular sayings, we have:
It will come home to them
Chickens return to their roost
They will get what's coming to them
The meaning is that evil is returned to the wrong-doer and they will eventually suffer for what they did.
This, in essence is the Law of Karma. That we receive what we give. That all our actions reflect back upon us, either in this world or in the subsequent ones.
How does Karma work?
Karma is based on logic. It is an unavoidable consequence of our creations. When we create anything, we also create other things which might not be what we intended.
If I get angry and with another harm, then I create a state in which I am harming another and another is harmed. I create a state in which I am happy with the suffering of another. But also create a state in which another is unhappy and suffering. I create a state in which I am joyful that my enemy is justly harmed. And a state in which another is resentful and angry that they have been wrongly treated.
This relates to the GAMES of life. In whichever game we play certain causes and effects arise. And certain rules are required.
So when we create anything, whether a good intention or a bad one, other side-effects are necessarily produced.
Imagine a world where no one harmed another in any way. And I harm another. I create someone who harms another and one who is harmed. This did not exist before. But now the world contains suffering.
And in the present life, or in subsequent ones, there are those who suffer and those who harm. And I, and others, play all these roles.
In the beginning before harm was created, it was impossible to suffer. But when I do harm then suffering exists to my detriment.
Of course, I am not alone, and others who create harm also create suffering and we continue to play our games in a world with suffering.
Now after many aeons, we wonder why there is suffering. And why there is harm. Yet this is the result of our own creations.
If I get angry and with another harm, then I create a state in which I am harming another and another is harmed. I create a state in which I am happy with the suffering of another. But also create a state in which another is unhappy and suffering. I create a state in which I am joyful that my enemy is justly harmed. And a state in which another is resentful and angry that they have been wrongly treated.
This relates to the GAMES of life. In whichever game we play certain causes and effects arise. And certain rules are required.
So when we create anything, whether a good intention or a bad one, other side-effects are necessarily produced.
Imagine a world where no one harmed another in any way. And I harm another. I create someone who harms another and one who is harmed. This did not exist before. But now the world contains suffering.
And in the present life, or in subsequent ones, there are those who suffer and those who harm. And I, and others, play all these roles.
In the beginning before harm was created, it was impossible to suffer. But when I do harm then suffering exists to my detriment.
Of course, I am not alone, and others who create harm also create suffering and we continue to play our games in a world with suffering.
Now after many aeons, we wonder why there is suffering. And why there is harm. Yet this is the result of our own creations.
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