Building Good Karma Can Change Your Life Or “You Will Reap What You Sow”
In the Bible the impression we receive is that “You will reap what you sow.” In Texas we like to say, “What goes around, comes around,” meaning paybacks usually follow after someone is cruel, hurtful, or uses deceitful behavior against us.
The Chinese believe in the Law of Karma, meaning the premise of “cause and effect”. For every action there is a reaction that follows. If one steals, it won’t be long until something they value will be stolen from them. If we lie, when we really need help the most, someone with power or influence over us will lie against us. Sometimes it takes a little while for the payback to arrive, but often it is instant.
There is sorrow everywhere. It will always be with us because of people’s choices and their selfishness. Release it, give it up. We have a choice to embrace our pain or change our direction, thereby changing our destiny in this lifetime. All of the choices are yours. There are obstacles everywhere and if we choose to use kindness, courtesy, compassion, patience, long-suffering, and forgiveness as our main tools we will be setting a pathway for major life changes and inviting new experiences and opportunities into our lives for a much more pleasant set of results.
When we are operating as a sensitive, caring individual, treating people with agape (God’s unconditional love) love, everything changes.
The way people treat us and the little extras they will go out of their way to do for us changes simply because we are activating that agape love and respect.
When I studied with Rabbi Solomon of www.KabbalahInternational.com.
He stressed how powerful Karma is when it returns for the payback part. It can devastate your life. He also pointed out that if you have attached your life to another person that is a liar, a thief, or a betrayer of any kind, when their Karma bounces back to get them, simply by being a part of their life, you suffer alongside with them, whether you did anything to deserve it or not. If they are struggling, so are you by virtue of just being with them. That made me think long and hard about all of my relationships, business and personal ones, and what was really going on with the Karma impact effect, on their part and mine.
Did I deserve to be used or disrespected? Have I been “user-friendly” to my family or disrespectful? Have I somehow called this “cause and effect” karma into play? It forced me to “own my feelings” and make different choices with my life. It is all in my hands with my actions and reactions. If I fail to be proactive and only react to others in a selfish manner, I have only myself to blame.
Looking at the cold hard realities of my life has changed my Karma by taking a different approach with the rest of my life. I have a second chance to live now and I am not going to waste another moment of it building ill will, anger, frustration, or negative actions that will rebound later for a payback. Neither should you. It is all in our hands. We are the only ones to shoulder the blame, or reap the rewards, depending on what energies we put out there into the world.
Like it or not, we are all here for a reason. Some find that reason and others simply wander aimlessly throughout their lives, giving in to all circumstances and situations and never understanding “HOW???” this happened. Your purpose may be just to be here on earth to love one single person that needs it so desperately. It could be a child, a parent, a lover, a sister, brother, friend, neighbor or we might even be “entertaining angels unaware”. Only God knows our purpose. If you are seeking it, ask Him.
All of us have needs of all kinds. If we will only take the time to love and respect each person we come in contact with each day, the entire world would change for us all. Our personal world of work, family and friends, churches, and associations of all kinds would receive the greatest impact. The world in general would change if we all lived by this.
Give it a try, build some good Karma. You’ll love the results.
NOTE: I came across some Buddhist wisdom in the Chinese Reiki healing practices. These definitely are words to live by and change your karma.
The Wisdom of Buddha … Reiki Principles (Chinese healing technique)
Just for today, I will give thanks for my many blessings.
Just for today, I will not worry.
Just for today, I will not be angry.
Just for today, I will do my work honestly.
Just for today, I will be kind to my neighbor and every living thing.
