Discussions on Spirituality

Human beings balance a portion of their karma while going through life experience under what we’ll define as normal circumstances. When we say normal circumstances, we mean the accidents, illnesses, mishaps and adversities we experience routinely without our having a conscious awareness and understanding of why they happen. Aside from adhering to a healthy life style and exercising responsibility when behind the wheel of your automobile, we cannot really offer much advice here because accidents and illnesses will happen because of karmic obligations. There are, however, other ways which you can help to balance your karma through conscious effort and participation. You can help to minimize the effects of karma by turning your thoughts to God and practicing spiritually related exercises. These exercises consist of silent prayer and meditation, and by reciting decrees and AUMs, utilizing the power of your voice. You can also assist to minimize karmic effects by performing service work in a strictly volunteer fashion.

We stress that these are ways through which
you can help to minimize the effects of karma.

Contrary to what you might think or have read, there is no instant cure for the transformation of karma. The masters do not carry a magic wand that upon touching you will erase instantly and completely the effects of what you have put into motion. To do so would necessitate your transcending the law of cause and effect. The bottom line is that the transformation of karma is a slow process that requires sincere devotion, time and patience by the earnest seeker.

We’ll get into practicing spiritually related exercises in an effort to help you minimize the effects of karma later, but first there are some vital details we wish to bring to your attention. Before you begin to balance your karma, it is important for you to fully understand and correct the cause.

Let’s quickly review what we have learned about karma. Karma is the energy of life action and that energy is governed by the universal law of cause and effect. This universal law keeps all of life in line with the vibration of love. Karma exists only in the mind which perceives duality and duality is within one who perceives anything other than the Oneness of love. This is the meaning of karma which we understand now, but we must correct our actions of the past when we perceived ourselves as separate from the creator. Let’s examine the three steps of understanding the cause of karma to better facilitate and accelerate the process of its transformation.

Step One; Understand and accept that the cause of karma originates from within you. All adverse effects of karma you experience are the result of causes you have previously set in motion in your current life or in a past life utilizing inappropriate speech and action. Karma is the result of directing our energies in a manner other than love and kindness and such actions result in your energy becoming misused. Misused energy accumulates in many layers that remain buried deep within your auric field and subconscious mind until those energies are brought to the surface and released.

Step Two: Begin directing your energies in an appropriate manner by utilizing proper speech and action so as to not generate additional karma. In other words, establish a solid foundation in love here and now so that love will return to you in the future. This entails the responsible use of free will and right use (righteous) of action, intention and motive.

Step Three: Commune with God. Communing with God accelerates the process of steps one and two. By communing with God, you invite the loving energies of the Holy Spirit into your being. The Love of the Holy Spirit resonates forgiveness in and through you and helps not only to flush to the surface misused energy (causes) buried deep within you, but cushions the release of that energy (effects) you have already put into motion and thereby minimizes the effects. Communing with God builds within you strength to endure those effects and establishes within you a solid foundation anchored in love. Communing with God builds within you confidence, wisdom, self-responsibility and disciplined character to practice proper speech and action.

The first step is to understand and accept that the cause originates from within you. You are the cause, which means whatever you give out (cause) will result in what you get back (effect). The second step is to direct your energies in a righteous and loving manner and that begins right here and now. We have seen how we have generated past karma through our actions of free will and now that we have an understanding of this law we must apply it to our present life. Our words and actions are like boomerangs. When we use them inappropriately, we will eventually feel the sting of their return. We are already unbalanced and it is, therefore, in our best interest to use our free will to our best advantage by acting responsibly for there is the ever continuing possibility for generating more karma. In other words, to establish a solid foundation to invoke our healing process, it is important to use our free will responsibly and again, this begins here and now. We need to be much more aware of the situations in which we find ourselves so that we may handle them in a cool, calm and collected manner. Handling situations in an appropriate manner means to make right use of our energies by utilizing proper speech and action. We stress to you that the concept of karma is highly complex and only the Holy Spirit holds all the answers to the endless scenarios. There is also another important point to keep in mind. Even though you are beginning to understand what karma is all about and to be more responsible for your actions does not mean that someone else (usually a friend or relative who is used to the old dynamics of your relationship) will not try to drag you back into the karmic cycle. The idea is to use your free will even more responsibly and avoid placing yourself in awkward and potentially harmful situations. Now that we have increased our understanding of karma let us look more deeply at the ways through which we can help ourselves balance our past misdeeds.

Before we begin to learn and practice techniques for communing with God, we would share with you that communing with God is the third step in removing the cause of karma. Our first step entailed accepting the fact that the cause for our karma originates from us through inappropriate word and action. The second step entails directing our energies in an appropriate and loving manner now in order that we do not generate additional karma. The third step necessitates removing, or transmuting the causes we have set into motion. Communing with God greatly accelerates this process. We can basically summarize these three steps with the following statement.

The misused energy we have accumulated within our auric field
is the cause for which we have not yet experienced the effects.

By directing our energies in a righteous manner, we establish a firm foundation for our future. In other words, the loving energies we send out now will return to us in the future. We still, however, have to deal with the misused, or unloving energies that we have accumulated in the past and it is therefore important to have a proper perspective and attitude in order for your inner work to be of optimal benefit. Let us begin by returning to our most important attribute, self-responsibility. It can be very difficult for us to understand, as well as accept the fact that we are totally responsible for ourselves and our actions. God gave us the gift of life, but we are solely responsible for our experiences. Self-responsibility must be exercised in order for us to conform with universal law. It may be difficult for us to see and understand the truth of that law in our materially related mind set, but our attitudes must reflect that acceptance in order to invoke the full thrust of the healing process.
The healing process means inviting into your being the Holy Spirit’s energies of love and forgiveness. You are opening the door to your inner house and bidding welcome for the Holy Spirit to enter your dwelling and begin the cleansing process. When you do not accept responsibility for your actions and place blame on someone else for your misfortune, you are closing your own door and directing that healing energy away from you. You are in a sense creating a shield which prevents the healing energies of the Holy Spirit from permeating your being. When you accept responsibility for yourself, you invite in forgiveness. When you invite in forgiveness, you invite the love of the Holy Spirit to enter your being and help you to forgive. Accepting responsibility for yourself necessitates a change of attitude. You must accept responsibility for your actions, regardless of whether or not you understand the intricacies of the energy and karmic circumstances that generate them. We stress this because when the energy of your past actions begins to surface in your mind, you will find yourself in awe of just how the law of love works. In other words, as you begin to remember things that you have been responsible for that were out of line with love, you will come to know and experience the effects of karmic retribution. You may come to realize that you may not have been as good as you thought you were. But not to worry.

Though it may be difficult at times, always keep in mind that while the law of
cause and effect is perfect in justice, it is also perfect in love and forgiveness.

The third step constitutes a great stride in your progression on the path and one through which your acceptance of self-responsibility will increase dramatically. Communing with God is the most important step we can take. In addition to having the proper attitude of accepting self-responsibility, it is equally important to have the proper perspective and focus when we commune with God. When we are able to see clearly the divine children of God that we truly are, we can understand more fully what we are trying to do.