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Karma and You

Karma is the result of our past actions. In simple terms, we can think of karma as the law of cause and effect. If we do something good, we receive goodness in return; if we do something not-so-good, the result are correspondingly not-so-good. The reason for karma is to help us learn, to help us become more God-like, that is, more loving, more forgiving, more peaceful. Because we typically only learn through our experiences, we have to go through many learning cycles here on earth.
What types of actions create karma? All kinds of actions can create karma. Sometimes the karmic consequence is fairly direct, but other times it is more convoluted. Let’s look at two examples.

Example 1: Sally lived a life in the 1800s on the prairie with her husband Sam and young son. The young son died in a tragic accident and Sally never recovered from the incident. Sally and Sam never have other children and live alone, avoiding interacting with others in the community. At the end of the prairie life, after her death, Sally realizes that she could have helped raise other children by inviting them into her home and her sphere, even though she had none of her own. As a result, in Sally’s next life, she has several children and welcomes others into her home. Her soul knows that it is not just her biological children that must be nurtured, but all children.

Example 2: Joe was an American soldier fighting the Japanese during World War II. During that time he developed a strong hatred of anything Japanese. In Joes’ next life he was born to a Japanese couple in Tokyo. This transposition, living the life of a Japanese man, will allow Joe to release those negative emotions that he had towards the Japanese.