HOW DO KARMAS EFFECT US
[divine_nature] PrarabdhWednesday, 12 November, 2008 3:25 AM
From: "divinesprt" Add sender to Contacts To: divine_nature@yahoogroups.comSoul - A soul has to take on a body made up of five tatwas to come to
this earth. It is said that soul has to take birth to learn and to
experience each and every aspect of human emotion without forgetting
its original state i.e, purity, love and bliss. It is through this
human life that a soul can finally merge with the holy divine
Paramatma from which it was separated millions of years ago. In
every birth, the soul strives to reach perfection so that it can get
enlightened and become aware of the truth about oneness of the
universe i.e., ALL IS ONE. All souls are a tiny part of that Supreme
Divine Power thereby implying that all souls have that tiny spark of
Supreme Spirit within. However, after taking human birth, in
ignorance, the soul cannot recall its original state, gets entangled
in earthly enjoyments and forgets its mission of self realization and
subsequently the God realization.
Karma - In its human form the soul cannot sit idle. It creates
various karmas in the process of living, becomes attached to
materialism over and above spiritualism. Whether the karma is 'good'
or 'bad', it is immaterial. The universal law takes note of all the
actions a soul performs to carry out its earthly existence. It is
said that all such karmas accumulate and become Sanchit Karma. It is
said that all our karmas are recorded and stored in our Akashic
records. A soul cannot merge with the spirit unless it has worked
out the cause and effect of its Karma because universal law functions
flawlessly and impartially. When the soul is reborn again, it brings
with it some portion out of this Sanchit karma to work out in the
present birth. This portion of karma is called Prarabdh. It is said
that seventy five percent life of a soul is preordained and a soul
has no say in it. Soul has to bear it whether it brings worldly
happiness or worldly sadness. For the balance twenty five percent of
life the soul can use its God given freewill which creates Kriyaman
Karma. These kriyaman karma also result in accumulating more Sanchit
karma.
Prarabdh - Outcome of Prarabdh are those happenings in the souls
earthly life, which happen without any or little effort. Soul feels
happy when it gains materialistic comforts, pleasures and position in
life but it gets totally baffled when it loses the very same
possessions unexpectedly, without any explainable reason. Soul does
not realize that this is the fruit or effect of the cause of its
Prarabdh in this lifetime. For example, we find a good human being
doing all the best for the world but yet suffering from a deadly
disease, a selfish person getting success in almost any activity it
undertakes. All this is happening due to Prarabdh of these souls
Imagine how it could be when different souls come together in a
lifetime and form a family. Each soul has its own Prarabdh and its
own individual journey. But universal law is perfect. It arranges
the soul groups so effectively that one soul's Prarabdh matches with
the Prarabdh of other souls. Thus souls living in a family life not
only perform their respective earthly duties but also work out their
Prarabdh together. This way they keep coming back on earth again
and again, learn their lessons and help each other to work out their
balance karmas till their last earthly desires has been fulfilled.
The soul discards its human body once its Prarabdh of current
lifetime is worked out completely. However, Maya plays such a strong
role that it takes ages for an ignorant soul to work out all its
karma and realize that the Supreme Divine Power is nowhere else but
within.
How to work out Karma - The biggest question is how can the effect of
Karmas be effaced? Man's actions or karmas are the manifestations of
his thoughts. Karma is any action, thought, feeling, emotion
generated by mind of a Man. The mind, by projecting thoughts to
sense-organs, enjoys pleasures. It, more or less, identifies itself
with these thoughts and pleasures. At that time, it does not think of
anything else. Actually, the earthly thoughts and impulses should
be converted into the zeal for securing internal bliss and happiness
after attaining a perfect balance between materialism and
spiritualism. In simple terms, soul must perform duties as required
to be performed in its earthly lifetime with a sense of detachment
i.e, without feeling sad about losses and without feeling elated
about gains. But then it is easier said than done.
Meditation - Meditation is one way for the soul to connect to the
higher self. In Sai Satcharita, readers have been advised to look
inwards. The soul should find a quiet place, close eyes and
meditate. The purpose is to withdraw all the five senses inwards,
make them inactive because these senses have been given to the soul
to see, hear, taste, touch and enjoy the external world only. The
practice of meditation in solitude consists in reverting and raising
the internal spark of the soul, to try to reach the higher self. It
is said that the seat of that spark is at midpoint behind the eyes
called Third Eye or Krishna Consciousness. When such a condition
begins to supervene to some extent, as a result of performing the
meditation practices, the working of Karmas, both internally and
externally, is automatically enfeebled. On getting some bliss and joy
internally, and on witnessing the love, grace and mercy of the
Supreme Being, the meditator's mind, is of itself, detached from the
world and its pleasures. The pleasures of the world become insipid.
The situation is the same. However its effect on the meditator's
mind changes. The soul finds peace in all the situations it finds
itself in - whether good or bad - it does not matter any more.
After this, the longing for progress in meditation, and higher and
higher bliss, goes on increasing. Worldly desires are curtailed. The
soul always gives priority to the will, grace and mercy of the
Supreme Being in whatever he does. It subordinates its desires to the
will of the Supreme Being. Thus the soul is entangled in Kriyaman
Karmas very little or not at all. This cuts short the chain of its
Karmas.
Prarabdh Karmas, which are unfolding in this very life will be very
much mitigated by the grace and mercy of the Divine Spirit. This way
the soul is able to withdraw from the eyes, it goes on getting
detached from the body and the world. In the wakeful state, the seat
of the spirit is behind the eyes. It is here that pains and pleasures
are felt and Karmas are performed. Therefore, as the spark of soul is
withdrawn from here with the help of spiritual exercises, pains and
pleasures cease to be felt. In this way, the effect of Prarabdh
Karmas is lightened.
As to the Sanchit Karmas, that are stored in Akashic records (mind-
sky) in the form of seed-impressions. They will fructify in a future
life. As the soul penetrates these records in its ascent to higher
regions, the Sanchit Karmas appear in the form of thoughts and
impulses. They come into play for a short while only and are
obliterated and finally the Sanchit karma are also cleared.
If one has the grace of Sadguru, it will not take long for a soul to
achieve the desired results. In Sai Satcharita, where Sai Baba has
translated the Sanskrit shloka for Nanasaheb, this thing has been
brought out very beautifully. At another place it has been
beautifully explained how with Guru's grace, the soul realizes that
the meditator and the object of meditation all are ONE.
Bhakti - As per Sai Satcharita, progressing on Bhakti marg is the
easiest way to get free from the Karmas. The mind cannot sit idle
but if we give it some wise thought, say, chanting 'Sai Sai' always,
get rid of feeling of doership and surrender all our actions,
thoughts and ourselves to our Sadguru Sainath, we have taken our
first step towards working out our karma fast. Sai Baba will work
internally and remind the soul of its purpose of taking human birth.
This does not mean that the soul will not have to work out the
Prarabdh. Sai Baba will not come in the functioning of the universal
law but Baba will make the soul strong enough that it will not feel
the effect of Prarabdh, i.e, soul will not be ecstatic when it gains
and will not feel depressed when it suffers. Sadguru Sainath will
grace us with strength necessary to work out our Prarabdh easily.
This is what we mean when we say that Sadguru works out the karma of
devotees. But then are we willing to work for ourselves and absolve
ourselves of our Prarabdh the way Baba has advised us.
Vandana Ritik
New Delhi
From Heritage of Shirdi Sai http://www.heritage ofshirdisai. org
From: "divinesprt" Add sender to Contacts To: divine_nature@yahoogroups.comSoul - A soul has to take on a body made up of five tatwas to come to
this earth. It is said that soul has to take birth to learn and to
experience each and every aspect of human emotion without forgetting
its original state i.e, purity, love and bliss. It is through this
human life that a soul can finally merge with the holy divine
Paramatma from which it was separated millions of years ago. In
every birth, the soul strives to reach perfection so that it can get
enlightened and become aware of the truth about oneness of the
universe i.e., ALL IS ONE. All souls are a tiny part of that Supreme
Divine Power thereby implying that all souls have that tiny spark of
Supreme Spirit within. However, after taking human birth, in
ignorance, the soul cannot recall its original state, gets entangled
in earthly enjoyments and forgets its mission of self realization and
subsequently the God realization.
Karma - In its human form the soul cannot sit idle. It creates
various karmas in the process of living, becomes attached to
materialism over and above spiritualism. Whether the karma is 'good'
or 'bad', it is immaterial. The universal law takes note of all the
actions a soul performs to carry out its earthly existence. It is
said that all such karmas accumulate and become Sanchit Karma. It is
said that all our karmas are recorded and stored in our Akashic
records. A soul cannot merge with the spirit unless it has worked
out the cause and effect of its Karma because universal law functions
flawlessly and impartially. When the soul is reborn again, it brings
with it some portion out of this Sanchit karma to work out in the
present birth. This portion of karma is called Prarabdh. It is said
that seventy five percent life of a soul is preordained and a soul
has no say in it. Soul has to bear it whether it brings worldly
happiness or worldly sadness. For the balance twenty five percent of
life the soul can use its God given freewill which creates Kriyaman
Karma. These kriyaman karma also result in accumulating more Sanchit
karma.
Prarabdh - Outcome of Prarabdh are those happenings in the souls
earthly life, which happen without any or little effort. Soul feels
happy when it gains materialistic comforts, pleasures and position in
life but it gets totally baffled when it loses the very same
possessions unexpectedly, without any explainable reason. Soul does
not realize that this is the fruit or effect of the cause of its
Prarabdh in this lifetime. For example, we find a good human being
doing all the best for the world but yet suffering from a deadly
disease, a selfish person getting success in almost any activity it
undertakes. All this is happening due to Prarabdh of these souls
Imagine how it could be when different souls come together in a
lifetime and form a family. Each soul has its own Prarabdh and its
own individual journey. But universal law is perfect. It arranges
the soul groups so effectively that one soul's Prarabdh matches with
the Prarabdh of other souls. Thus souls living in a family life not
only perform their respective earthly duties but also work out their
Prarabdh together. This way they keep coming back on earth again
and again, learn their lessons and help each other to work out their
balance karmas till their last earthly desires has been fulfilled.
The soul discards its human body once its Prarabdh of current
lifetime is worked out completely. However, Maya plays such a strong
role that it takes ages for an ignorant soul to work out all its
karma and realize that the Supreme Divine Power is nowhere else but
within.
How to work out Karma - The biggest question is how can the effect of
Karmas be effaced? Man's actions or karmas are the manifestations of
his thoughts. Karma is any action, thought, feeling, emotion
generated by mind of a Man. The mind, by projecting thoughts to
sense-organs, enjoys pleasures. It, more or less, identifies itself
with these thoughts and pleasures. At that time, it does not think of
anything else. Actually, the earthly thoughts and impulses should
be converted into the zeal for securing internal bliss and happiness
after attaining a perfect balance between materialism and
spiritualism. In simple terms, soul must perform duties as required
to be performed in its earthly lifetime with a sense of detachment
i.e, without feeling sad about losses and without feeling elated
about gains. But then it is easier said than done.
Meditation - Meditation is one way for the soul to connect to the
higher self. In Sai Satcharita, readers have been advised to look
inwards. The soul should find a quiet place, close eyes and
meditate. The purpose is to withdraw all the five senses inwards,
make them inactive because these senses have been given to the soul
to see, hear, taste, touch and enjoy the external world only. The
practice of meditation in solitude consists in reverting and raising
the internal spark of the soul, to try to reach the higher self. It
is said that the seat of that spark is at midpoint behind the eyes
called Third Eye or Krishna Consciousness. When such a condition
begins to supervene to some extent, as a result of performing the
meditation practices, the working of Karmas, both internally and
externally, is automatically enfeebled. On getting some bliss and joy
internally, and on witnessing the love, grace and mercy of the
Supreme Being, the meditator's mind, is of itself, detached from the
world and its pleasures. The pleasures of the world become insipid.
The situation is the same. However its effect on the meditator's
mind changes. The soul finds peace in all the situations it finds
itself in - whether good or bad - it does not matter any more.
After this, the longing for progress in meditation, and higher and
higher bliss, goes on increasing. Worldly desires are curtailed. The
soul always gives priority to the will, grace and mercy of the
Supreme Being in whatever he does. It subordinates its desires to the
will of the Supreme Being. Thus the soul is entangled in Kriyaman
Karmas very little or not at all. This cuts short the chain of its
Karmas.
Prarabdh Karmas, which are unfolding in this very life will be very
much mitigated by the grace and mercy of the Divine Spirit. This way
the soul is able to withdraw from the eyes, it goes on getting
detached from the body and the world. In the wakeful state, the seat
of the spirit is behind the eyes. It is here that pains and pleasures
are felt and Karmas are performed. Therefore, as the spark of soul is
withdrawn from here with the help of spiritual exercises, pains and
pleasures cease to be felt. In this way, the effect of Prarabdh
Karmas is lightened.
As to the Sanchit Karmas, that are stored in Akashic records (mind-
sky) in the form of seed-impressions. They will fructify in a future
life. As the soul penetrates these records in its ascent to higher
regions, the Sanchit Karmas appear in the form of thoughts and
impulses. They come into play for a short while only and are
obliterated and finally the Sanchit karma are also cleared.
If one has the grace of Sadguru, it will not take long for a soul to
achieve the desired results. In Sai Satcharita, where Sai Baba has
translated the Sanskrit shloka for Nanasaheb, this thing has been
brought out very beautifully. At another place it has been
beautifully explained how with Guru's grace, the soul realizes that
the meditator and the object of meditation all are ONE.
Bhakti - As per Sai Satcharita, progressing on Bhakti marg is the
easiest way to get free from the Karmas. The mind cannot sit idle
but if we give it some wise thought, say, chanting 'Sai Sai' always,
get rid of feeling of doership and surrender all our actions,
thoughts and ourselves to our Sadguru Sainath, we have taken our
first step towards working out our karma fast. Sai Baba will work
internally and remind the soul of its purpose of taking human birth.
This does not mean that the soul will not have to work out the
Prarabdh. Sai Baba will not come in the functioning of the universal
law but Baba will make the soul strong enough that it will not feel
the effect of Prarabdh, i.e, soul will not be ecstatic when it gains
and will not feel depressed when it suffers. Sadguru Sainath will
grace us with strength necessary to work out our Prarabdh easily.
This is what we mean when we say that Sadguru works out the karma of
devotees. But then are we willing to work for ourselves and absolve
ourselves of our Prarabdh the way Baba has advised us.
Vandana Ritik
New Delhi
From Heritage of Shirdi Sai http://www.heritage ofshirdisai. org
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