Our Karma and our Journey
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Dear friends, you would have noted that each human has his
or her own unique journey through life. Some face great difficulties in this
journey whereas others have a lovely and comfortable time. There are even some
that have a combination of huge good fortunes and terrible misfortunes through
life.
All of this is the unfolding of our own unique karma designed by the Universe for education of our souls. The soul does not perish
when life perishes. Our good deeds through life bring good times whereas bad
times are a result of our misdeeds or evil. Those who face mixtures of great
good fortune and huge misfortunes through life do so because they have a past
full of great worthy deeds as well as some terrible ones.
At the end of the day, whatever we lose or accumulate in
life that has to be left behind is of little relevance compared to what the soul shall carry forth when this life comes to an end. Whatever we do
or acquire in this life is good if it helps to improve the treasure we shall
carry forth when this life comes to an end but whatever diminishes it is
detrimental. This body is only a temporary accommodation for our souls, like a
hotel or home one might rent when one ventures abroad for a limited time to
earn a treasure to bring home. It is good to make that temporary home
comfortable so that we can focus well on earning much but not good to fill it
with so many toys that our work is compromised and we have nothing worthy to
show when we return. Saints have said that much accumulation of wealth is
detrimental towards this end for it creates situations where we compromise the
treasure, the karma, we shall take with us when time comes to depart, or as the
saints say – It is very difficult for a rich man to enter heaven, or, as this
author said once,
Wealth is like food
A little does much good
Take in too much
And the misery is huge.
Dear friends, our present is a result of our past. The past is gone and no more, the present is in your hands. What we do now shall determine our future. May your journey through life be a blessed one and even if you have faced some hardships in life, may they be worth it to increase the treasures you shall carry forth.
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