The Law of
Karma
Law of Karma(Law of Cause and Effect; Action and
Reaction; Equilibrium)
Also called the Law of Equilibrium. Every action will have its corresponding consequences, whether favorable or unfavorable. It applies to all existent beings.
Personal Karma operates on the physical, emotional and mental levels.
“The only decree of Karma—an eternal and immutable decree—is absolute Harmony in the world of matter as it is in the world of Spirit. It is not, therefore, Karma that rewards or punishes, but it is we, who reward or punish ourselves according to whether we work with, through and along with nature, abiding by the laws on which that Harmony depends, or—break them.” (SD I:643)
Greeks – Nemesis and Fates
Christianity – Providence (minus design)
Islam – Kismet
Kabbalah – Tikun
Buddhism – Karma or kamma
Equivalents of Karma
• Karma in general – this the general law of cause and effect applicable to all manifested beings, whether human or not.
• Personal karma – this refers to the karmic links caused by a particular ego
Two Aspects of Karma
• Unripe karma – those not yet ripe for this life (part of accumulated karma [sanchita karma])
• Ripe karma (Prarabdha)– those which will happen in this life
• Present karma (Agami) – the new causes that we generate at each moment
Three Kinds of Karma
The Causes of Destiny
• PAST KARMA
DESTINY
Circumstances
Events
Relationships
Character & HabitsPhilos-ophy of life
• PRESENT ACTION - Thought – Feelings - Actions
Samskara
Cause and Effect
Benevolent deeds Good environment
Hurtful deeds Difficult environment
Aspirations Ideals
Aspirations/Desires Capacities
Sustained thoughts Character
Successes Enthusiasm
Experiences Wisdom
Painful experiences Conscience
Will to serve Spirituality
[Paul:] Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Gal 6:7
[Jesus:] With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. Mark 4:24 (also Luke 6:38)
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity. Hos 10:13
Pres. C.P. Garcia on Karma
“Life is what you make it. With the necessary consequences of your good deeds, you build the ladder of which rung by rung you climb to sublime destiny, or, as necessary effect of your wrong or bad acts, you build the dungeon of your own life’s imprisonment or bondage. There is no escape from the universal law of cause and effect. You always reap what you sow.”
Group Karma
• Family karma – Arroyo, Marcos, Bush, etc.
• Organizational karma – Catholic, Muslim, Ateneo, Sigma Rho, etc.
• National or racial karma – Filipino, Japanese, Indian, etc.
• Global karma – environment, world wars, etc.
The ONE LIFE is closely related to the one law which governs the World of Being—KARMA. Exoterically, this is simply and literally “action,” or rather an “effect-producing cause.” Esoterically it is quite a different thing in its far-fetching moral effects. It is the unerring LAW OF RETRIBUTION.
H. P. Blavatsky
The Lipikas or the Four Maharajahs
These are the mysterious beings involved in the workings of personal karma. They are sometimes called the “Lords of Karma.”
“They are the Recorders or Annalists who impress on the (to us) invisible tablets of the Astral Light, ‘the great picture-gallery of eternity’—a faithful record of every act, and even thought, of man, of all that was, is, or ever will be, in the phenomenal Universe.” (SD I, 104) This is the “Akashic Record.”
In Christian theology, they are involved in the “Book of Life” (Revelation). Also called “Four Recording Angels.”
“It is a law of occult dynamics that a given amount of energy expended on the spiritual or astral plane is productive of far greater results than the same amount expended on the physical objective plane of existence.” (SD I:644)
Inner Causes More Powerful
Understanding of life or philosophy of life
Actions/Words
Effects
Emotional reaction patterns/Habits
Thought reaction patterns
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Karma in Daily Life
• Be aware of automatic reaction patterns (push buttons) and process them off
• Be aware of Habits and change those which are incompatible with highest ideals
• Let all actions be benevolent (with kindness and goodwill)
• Let all thoughts be objective, impersonal and benevolent
• Choose reading materials (food for mind) and conversation groups
• Daily awareness of thoughts, feelings, actions and bodily state
• Practice meditation to develop this peripheral awareness
Karmaless Action (Karma Yoga)
Vehicle Function
Higher Self (Spirit; Atma)
Spark of the Divine; True Self within
Spiritual Consciousness (Buddhi)
Seat of spirituality and true intuition; where illumination and enlightenment occurs
Higher Mental
Abstract thinking; formless
Lower Mental
Concrete thinking; with forms
Emotion Seat of feelings
Physical Etheric Dense
The double; vehicle of prana or ch’i Physical, liquid and gaseous
Impersonal
Personal
The Causes of Destiny
• PAST KARMA
DESTINY
Circumstances
Events
Relationships
Character & HabitsPhilos-ophy of life
• PRESENT ACTION - Thought – Feelings - Actions
Samskara
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