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Soul Sustenance 21-06-2013
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Is It Possible To Manipulate The Law Of Karma?
Human laws can be adjusted, manipulated and even ignored by some, but no one can
do the same with the Law of Karma. On the physical level, there is no time
interval between an action and its reaction. If I throw an object in the air, it
falls back immediately with the same force. With the Law of Karma, however,
there can be a delay between the action and its result or fruit. The seeds of certain
actions (negative or positive) bring immediate fruit. Others can take years or even
many births to bear fruit. If I eat too much ice-cream, I will see the result or
karmic effect of the negative karma of greed within a space of ten-fifteen
minutes in the form of a headache or after two days in the form of a cold and flu.
This is an e.g. in which we realize the working of the Law of Karma, we realize
clearly the cause and its effect, but on a subtle level, when we see the effects
of actions, we do not realize that the cause may have actually been in a previous
life. There is a total connection between the cause and the effect.
When we analyze a natural calamity such as a major earthquake that uproots buildings
and trees, overturns vehicles and kills thousands of people. The physical cause
may be tectonic activity associated with faults inside the earth’s surface but at
the same time, we realize that such a calamity could have its roots in a process
initiated by human beings a few hours, days or months ago – an e.g. being testing
of nuclear weapons. On a personal level, I can say that there is nothing which happens
to me for which I am not responsible. Whether I remember what I did to make it happen
or not, whether I realize it or choose to ignore it, I am ultimately responsible.
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Message for the day 21-06-2013
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The method to overcome weaknesses is to remind ourselves of our positive qualities.
Projection: When we make a mistake we usually realize the need to remove
that weakness but our identification with that particular weakness is so much that
we are not able to overcome it.
Solution: Instead of reminding ourselves again and again about our weaknesses
we need to remind ourselves of our positive qualities. The more we do that we will
slowly be able to emerge these qualities and work with them and slowly we'll be
able to overcome our weaknesses.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris