Karma is the law of cause and effect– an unbreakable law of the cosmos. Your actions create your future. The reason your fate is never sealed is because you have free will. Therefore, your future cannot already be written. That would not be fair. Life gives you chances. This is one of them.
“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” – Ghandi
- The Great Law/ Law of Cause and Effect: “As you sow, so shall you reap.”
- The simple explanation of the Great Law is: our thought and actions have consequences- good or bad.
- Energy (thought, action) that we put into the world has a consequence, immediate or not.
- To receive happiness, peace, love, and friendship, one must BE happy, peaceful, loving, and a true friend.
- Whatever one puts out into the Universe will come back to them.
- The Law of Creation: “What we desire comes through participation.”
- Life requires our participation to happen. It does not happen by itself.
- We are one with the Universe, both inside and out.
- Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state.
- Surround yourself with what you want to have in your life and be yourself.
- The Law of Humility: “Refusal to accept what is, will still be what is.”
- One must accept something in order to change it.
- We must first accept the present circumstances in order to change them.
- In focusing on the negative instead of making changes to address the negative, we’re committing to a zero-sum result.
- The Law of Growth: “Our own growth is above any circumstance.”
- “Wherever you go, there you are.”
- The only thing we have control over is ourselves.
- True change only occurs if we make the commitment to change what is in our heart.
- It is we who must change and not the people, places or things around us if we want to grow spiritually.
- When we change who and what we are within our hearts, our lives follow suit and changes too.
- The Law of Responsibility: “Our lives are of our own doing, nothing else.”
- When there is turbulence in one’s own life, there is often turbulence internally. If we’re to change our life, we must change our frame of mind and surroundings.
- We mirror what surrounds us, and what surrounds us mirrors us; this is a Universal Truth.
- One must take responsibility for what is in one’s life.
- The Law of Connection: “Everything in the Universe is connected, both large and small.”
- Our past, present and future are all connected. As such, we must put in the work to change these connections if we desire something different.
- The smallest or seemingly least important of things must be done because everything in the Universe is connected.
- No step- first, intermediate or last- is more important in the accomplishment of a task. All are required.
- Each step leads to the next step, and so forth and so on.
- The Law of Focus: “One cannot direct attention beyond a single task.”
- We cannot have negative thoughts or actions and expect to grow spiritually. We must direct full attention to achieve any desired task.
- One cannot think of two things at the same time.
- Always think thoughts of love.
- If our focus is on Spiritual Values, it is not possible for us to have lower thoughts like greed or anger.
- The Law of Hospitality and Giving: “Demonstrating our selflessness shows true intentions.”
- What we claim to believe must manifest into our actions. Selflessness is a virtue only if we’re accommodating something other than ourselves.
- Without a selfless nature, true spiritual growth is nearly impossible.
- If one believes something to be true, then sometime in their life they will be called upon to demonstrate that truth.
- Here is where one puts what they claim to have learned into practice.
- The Law of Change: “History repeats itself unless changed.”
- Conscious commitment to change is the only method of influencing the past. History will continue along an unconstructive path until positive energies direct it elsewhere.
- One cannot be in the here and now if they are looking backward to examine what was or forward to worry about the future.
- Old thoughts, old patterns of behaviour, and old dreams prevent us from having new ones.
- The Law of Here and Now: “The Present is all we have.”
- History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path.
- Looking back regretfully and forward pointlessly robs oneself of a present opportunity. Old thoughts and patterns of behaviour negate the present chance to advance ourselves.
- Live in the here and now. Practice Mindfulness.
- The Law of Patience and Reward: “Nothing of value is created without a patient mindset.”
- All Rewards require initial toil.
- Toiling away cannot be circumvented through wishful thinking. Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil, nothing else.
- Rewards are not the end-result. True joy comes from doing what one is supposed to be doing, and knowing that the reward will come in its own time.
- The Law of Significance and Inspiration: “The best reward is one that contributes to the Whole.”
- One gets back from something whatever they put into it.
- The true value of something is a direct result of the energy and intent that is put into it.
- Every personal contribution is also a contribution to the Whole.
- The end result is of little value if it leaves little or nothing behind. These lesser contributions have no impact on the Whole, nor do they work to diminish it.
- Loving contributions bring life to and inspire the Whole.
- Energy and intentions are vital components that determine the significance of an end-result. Ideally, love and passion embody the motives of one that resolves to leave a lasting impression on the Whole.
Namaste,
Natalie
P.S. This list was adapted from several websites. The words above are not my original thoughts or words. For further reference you can visit the following websites where I obtained this information:
https://www.davidwolfe.com/12-laws-of-karma-change-life/
https://www.stevenaitchison.co.uk/12-little-known-laws-of-karma-that-will-change-your-life/
https://www.powerofpositivity.com/12-laws-of-karma-that-will-change-your-life/
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