•The popular western view is that we are in control of our lives and everything that happens to us is as a result of our own choice.
•On the other hand the popular eastern view is that every thing that happens to us is not under our control and we are nothing but puppets in a preordained plan.
Many events in our lives are destined, beginning with our birth and the family that we are born into.
According to the law of Karma every positive deed generates a ‘MERIT’ while every negative deed generates a ‘DEMERIT’ or a sin. Subsequently one has to reap the results of one’s actions. Whenever one does a good deed to others, it is bound to give a POSITIVE return (in the form of some happiness), apart from a simple thank you from that person! Whenever one inflicts harm, it is bound to give NEGATIVE return in the form of sorrow in some form. It cannot be undone by a simple "SORRY"!!!
The law of Karma is something like Newton’s third law of motion, which states, ‘For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction’.
Throughout our lives we are either settling an old account or creating a new one. If the account cannot be settled in this birth it is carried over to the next. We are not consciously aware of the give-and-take accounts generated in our previous births. According to the science of Spirituality, most of our family members & people around us are people with whom we have positive or negative accounts from previous births. The reason for this is that one has to be in the proximity of the other person to be able to experience pleasure or pain. So we see how Spirituality can be useful to even those of us who have absolutely no spiritual aspirations what so ever and only wish to be immersed in worldly pursuits. Even for those worldly relations to be fruitful they need to be insulated from destiny.
Examples of how accounts are created and settled as one’s destiny:
If Mr.A does not settle the account by doing GOOD KARMA & increasing the positive forces in his account &but if inreturn he is still increasing the negative forces then Mr. A will be facing more problems & success will be far from him & he will suffer still all the negatives he has created is nullified by positives and would be taken rebirths till then.
There are many differences amongst living beings and even more so there are differences between animals and human beings. These differences are due to karma
What is this KARMA---
Let me explain it by first deciding what karma is not. It is quite often the case that we find people misunderstanding the idea of karma. This is particularly true in our daily casual use of the term. We find people saying that one cannot change one’s situation because of one’s karma. In this sense, karma becomes a sort of escape. It becomes similar to predestination or fatalism. This is emphatically not the correct understanding of karma. It is possible that this misunderstanding of karma has come about because of the popular idea that we have about luck and fate. It may be for this reason that our idea of karma has become overlaid in popular thought with the notion of predestination. Karma is not fate or predestination.
If karma is not fate or predestination, then what is it?
Karma means action, means "to do".
In its most basic sense, the Law of Karma in the moral sphere teaches that similar actions will lead to similar results.
Let us take an example.
If we plant a mango seed, the plant that springs up will be a mango tree, and eventually it will bear a mango fruit. Alternatively, if we plant a Pong Pong seed, the tree that will spring up will be a Pong Pong tree and the fruit a Pong Pong. As one sows, so shall one reap. According to one’s action, so shall be the fruit.
Similarly, in the Law of Karma, if we do a wholesome action, eventually we will get a wholesome fruit, and if we do an unwholesome action eventually we will get an unwholesome, painful result. This is what we mean when we say that causes bring about effects that are similar to the causes.
According to the scriptures, the discipline of unattached action (Nishkâma Karma) can lead to salvation of the soul. So they recommend that one should remain detached while carrying out his duties in life. As Lord Krishna said in the Bhagavad Gita: "To the man thinking about the objects (of the senses) arises attachment towards them; from attachment, arises longing; and from longing arises anger. From anger comes delusion; and from delusion loss of memory; from loss of memory, the ruin of discrimination; and on the ruin of discrimination, he perishes".
The 3 kinds of KARMA are:-
The Sathvik Karma, which is without attachment, selfless and for the benefit of others; the Rajasik Karma, which is selfish where the focus is on gains for oneself; and the Tamasik Karma, which is undertaken without heed to consequences, and is supremely selfish and savage.
According to Gandhi, the tamasik works in a mechanic fashion, the rajasik drives too many horses, is restless and always doing something or other, and the satvik works with peace in mind.
