The hidden truths of life can help us in many ways. Most people, however, get carried away by the
apparent issues of life and rarely delve into the hidden truths. Understanding
the deeper meaning of Karma can move us towards leading a peaceful and
meaningful life. All it needs is a deep
interest in that direction.
Strangely, attachment to religious systems quite often
discourages the adherents from impartial investigations into hidden truths, for
fear of being veered away from the religion.
However, such fears keep them on the surface layers of consciousness,
leading to religious fanaticism and shallowness of their psychology.
Karma is not to be treated merely as a religious
belief. Either it is Intrinsically true
or it is not. Only those who impartially
examine their own lives and the lives of the others understand the truth about
it. Beyond the mere reasoning ability,
intuition plays a significant part in revealing hidden truths. Sustained interest in examining (along with consistent
association with the matter for a while) is needed before intuition starts making
its impact. This world’s truly happy
people are those who have sensed the value of intuition and who allow it to
guide them in their lives. These are the people who understand Karma and
harness it to help them rather than be at loggerheads with it.
The truth of Karma has a great deal to offer in terms of
leading a fanaticism-free vibrant life.
Edgar Cayce, known as the Sleeping Prophet, lived in the US during the
first half of the twentieth century, and has written some revealing essays on
Karma and how it has been misunderstood.
He was able to help many who sought his advice (about 3000 in number)
free themselves from problems by reading their karmic connections from their
past life incidents. He did this reading
by himself getting into an hypnotic state while the subject sat near him. Edgar said that to think of Karma as a
punishing agent can only be a most unfortunate conclusion. His essays on Karma go a long way to bring
clarity in that direction. One sees how
one is accountable for one’s actions while not misinterpreting Karma by attributing
‘a tooth for a tooth and a nail for a nail’ kind of false content to it.
Karma is energy – the energy generated by nature flowing
through our physical and psychological system, through the other living beings,
through the inanimate things etc. That
flow is governed by the laws of nature.
In that flow there is no room for chance happenings; nothing can be a
random variable. Things appear to be
random only because of unawareness of the hidden truths. Therefore Karma is like a river flowing
through many geological and geographical terrains letting a score of things
take place on the way.
From the above analogy, we can perceive some hidden
truths. When a river is in floods, it
overflows the banks, hits the cattle, destroys the crops, drowns the people and
so on. But, if we can construct a dam at
the right place, the dam will function as a flood control measure and release
the flood in a phased manner. Then, all
the destructive consequences of the flood are effectively eliminated. Other advantages such as power generation and
water for irrigation also ensue.
Construction of a dam needs the understanding of the static and dynamic
nature of water. The same way, to
harness the energy of Karma needs our understanding of its characteristics -
its live movement. Then, we find that
Karma is a great friend of ours and that it is actually a hidden redeemer. All
these things can help one lead a peaceful life in which one knows how to be
happy and how to make others happy.
These matters are dealt with in a detailed way in my book
"in Quest of the Deeper self". Please visit
http://spirituality.yolasite.com
