02/01/2024
What is past karma ? How to release karma ?
Karma is not physical alone, it is spiritual, and we carry karma forward through time within a given lifetime or, as some believe, from one lifetime until the next. ... When one deliberately disobeys the will of God, karma is accrued. It is the intent of one's actions that generates karma.
Karma is a word meaning the result of a person's actions as well as the actions themselves. It is a term about the cycle of cause and effect. According to the theory of Karma, what happens to a person, happens because they caused it with their actions.
CAN WE CHANGE OUR KARMA?
Human beings, according to laws of nature, must pay for all their wrong actions, but when they tune themselves to God through techniques of meditation and remember the perfect image within them, then, realizing their divinity, they need not suffer for their past human errors. But if they again become identified with their humanity by not forgiving others, then they again subject themselves to be governed by the exacting law of karma. Karma can also be changed by the intervention of a Self-realized master who is free from karma.
HOW DO WE BECOME FREE OF KARMA?
Very few people realize how many of their actions and desires are generated by past karma. They believe they are acting on free will, but instead they are acting out habits buried deep in their subconscious mind from many past lifetimes.
By attuning oneself with the infinite wisdom behind karmic law, one accepts God and His guidance from within, rather than being guided by desire. The more one lives guided from within, the greater one’s control over outer events in life. As long as one is acting on divine guidance rather than ego, one accrues no more karma, and it is eventually dissipated.
Vedanta has given the resolution to release the effects of Karma, and professors of this knowledge have re-framed the teachings through various interpretations. Re-aggregating, all schools of knowledge suggest, spiritual development and self-realization is the only path where we can change our destiny.
Karma in any form cannot be avoided, but it could be –
Mitigated
Transformed
Neutralized
Transcended
It is said that by performing Sat-Karma, ill-effects of Prarabdha could be altered. It starts as a person elevates spiritually and his/her consciousness escalates towards self-realization. In the process, his/her Karma becomes pure and desire-less which dilutes the intensity of return-energy of past actions. For this, one has to tailor his/ her lifestyle and virtues as nature of your Karma created are stored to be released as future events in your life and beyond.
A mind trained to ask the consciousness whether the action intended is prompted from the soul and in accord with the Divine or from one’s ego and selfishness may perform such actions, which may dilute or erase the effects of past Karma in the present life.
For this, a mind & body has to train itself to be worthy for releasing bad karma and earn good karmas. Following virtues could be helpful in this direction.
Forgiveness–In this era of revenge, the karma of forgiveness could sound a bit off-track. But, inculcating a habit of forgiveness is the summit of nobility. Although this practice is very difficult in performance, as impulsive emotions are very aggressive and beating the emotions is like swimming against the current. But, still, a habit of Forgiveness is a huge Bad Karma buster. Moreover, Forgiveness releases a soul from the bindings of guilt and self-embarrassment.
Gratitude – Expression of gratitude to others, is like a scrubber of the soul. As we scrub our utensils with detergents, to shine, so does our feeling of gratitude, to shine our soul. It not only illuminates our soul & aura but also spreads happiness around. It’s the most eligible teacher of humility and thus pursues human emotions to become virtuous, resulting in the release of Bad Karma.
Self-consciousness – In this material world we live in, we, probably, have time to meet everyone, except ourselves. Reason for this could be that we have sources/devices to be in touch with others, but unfortunately, we never explore ways to meet ourselves. Meditation probably is the only mode to meet oneself. We should spare some moments from our busy schedules and sit quietly. By sitting quietly, I mean, sitting with a quiet mind – thoughtless. As the worldly thoughts fade away from our mind, our closed eyes turn back inwards. This situation, in advanced levels, is called ‘Swasakshatkar’ or Meeting Thyself. This practice automatically reverses the Karma done as ‘No Karma done’. Also, this process elevates our inner self to produce avenues to release Bad Karmas.
Spiritual Upliftment – Journey of a Soul spreads from the birth till the end of the body, it acquires. This journey is a universal arrangement for the soul to liquidate the accumulated Karmas. While attired in a body, the soul undergoes a lifetime discharging the destined format of activities under the environment, it takes birth. Should the course of its destiny be changed positively or negatively, depends upon its decisions and thoughts. The soul sits at an unbiased position, like a car with its engine alive and it is upon the driver to drive it off the cliff or continue with the tricky road down the hill. Spiritual enlightenment is required so that we do not become an idiot driver.
☦🙏🏻☦🌹'bless all. Osho Darshan
