Commentaries by Vee Jay Attri during the Book Study – Secrets of Karma
Let’s have a short study from the Secrets of Karma. We have already covered the 3 Laws of Karma; the Law of Harvest, the Law of Lag Time and the Law of Multiplier effect. What we read is just a portion of the wisdom that has been imparted by the Masters. We need to ponder upon each of the points that we discussed deeply to discover greater levels of truth.
There is a very beautiful cartoon here in the book, karmic board. On one side, I see the karmic debts displayed; on the other side, we see installments. So, the Lord of Karma is sitting on an office desk with a record of karmic debts and of course a very beautiful display. The question is:
Why can’t we reap all that we sow within a lifetime?
This was actually a very important point that was discussed in one of the retreats with Grand Master Choa Kok Sui. He was actually telling people, that never ever mention that, “May I settle all my karma in this lifetime.”
Of course, there are different levels of what has been said and applicable to different people at different levels. The point here was that the accumulation of the karmic debts; we call it the Sanchita karma could be so phenomenal, that to settle them in one lifetime is impossible.
Even if it is made possible and if you have a decree of reconciling or neutralizing all your debts in one lifetime, that could be a life of extreme challenge. It is of course not going to be an easy life. So, such kind of decrees, you have to be very careful and think many at times before you do such kind of decrees.
Remember, whatever you decree is not simply what you mentioned, like calling somebody by names. It is not easy, it is not that casual, when it comes to the spiritual or inner world. Everything really matters a lot and lot.
That is the reason why, you have to be very careful not to have any intense anger towards anybody. Sometimes, we use the word curse but this is no longer being used.
It is considered to be an impolite word but the point is; such kind of intense anger or hatred directed towards somebody, that kind of energy stays for eons of time and continues to harm the person and that harm that you continue to do, returns to you periodically. So, these are all very great levels of the secrets of the inner world that you need to be aware of. Whatever that has been created once, continues for many lifetimes.
Another important example I heard from Grand Master is, if you happen to be a priest or a nun in one lifetime and you decree that you shall not attract money, that decree that you do, continues for many lifetimes, making you to go through periods of financial crisis. So, one decree that you do in some lifetimes follows you for many other lifetimes. These are the very important realities you need to understand.
The world of energy is so precise that once a decree has happened, that energy that you set is connected or attached to you; you the Soul, not the body. Even after the body is gone, the decree still is connected to the soul and that follows you.
So, you have to be so careful about all this and certain decrees are connected even with the people in our life. Of course, things have evolved a lot. Humanity is not what it is today because of the collective levels of consciousness that we are today into but still you be careful about it.
What I mean to say is, many of the decrees that had been created in the past by the humanity substantially have been disintegrated or neutralized by the collective work of Great Masters. So, the current era is very different from what it was before but let us be careful about it.
There are several reasons for the lag time:
1. Since the effects of our negative actions usually come back multiplied, the benevolent nature sends them in instalments so that we can afford to pay easily.
So, what you call installments is what we call prarabdha karma, that out of the sum total of the karma that you have generated, called sanchita karma, you bring a portion of that particular energy into a lifetime to neutralize and balance.
2. We get sufficient time to work out our negative karma and reduce karmic debts.
This is a very important point.
If you take advantage of whatever that has been given to you by way of comfort, by way of resources and focus constantly on generating good karma through your thoughts, through your speech and actions, that substantial quantity of good karma that you keep on generating will not only support you in neutralizing the negative prarabdha karma that you have brought in this lifetime to work out, but this good karma can as well support you in neutralizing substantial portion of the sanchita karma or the totality of the karma that you have generated in the past.
So, that is the reason why, every second in the life of a human soul is so precious because it provides you an opportunity to create your destiny. You will write your destiny, not that somebody has written it for you.
So, whatever that you see in the hands of the people or the horoscope, these are all basically things that has been set according to what was there prior to your birth but your hand lines, whether it changes or not, you can still change and shape your destiny with the quality of the actions that you choose. Actions include thoughts and speech. That is a very important thing.
So, if you are a spiritual practitioner, no need to show your hands to somebody to read it for you because this is null and void for a great spiritual practitioner. You have to be absolutely cautious about what you are doing moment to moment because you have already changed what is written in your hands.
You have already changed that. This is the truth of the matter. That means that, for a great spiritual practitioner, horoscope and positions of the planets are actually not touching because you are actually in a different dimension altogether.
And the laws of the physical plane are not having the effect on you because you have already transcended certain planes where these effects persist. It is like going beyond the gravity of the Earth and you are no longer under the influence of the gravity of the planet Earth.
The same thing happens at certain stage in your evolution. By virtue of you committing to refine your vehicles, by virtue of you committing to refine whatever karma that you have generated, you would have already been shifted to a dimension, a level where certain influences have no impact on you. This is a very important point that you need to make a note of.
Alright, let’s continue.
3. Lag time also provides many opportunities to learn our karmic lessons and grow spiritually.
So, you are given some space and time to be able to reflect on what is happening with your life and learn the lesson connected with the karma.
If one after the other, many effects are coming towards you like missiles, one after the other, there would be no time for you to even contemplate on what is happening with your life but given that the benevolent laws of nature have been so merciful, that at any given time, we have only a few challenges to deal with. So, there is some time available to us to reflect upon what is happening and then take corrective measures, meaning, once you get the lesson by contemplation.
It is not an easy thing to understand what is the lesson that is connected with what you are experiencing. You need to purify your vehicle, especially the astral and the lower mental vehicle to be able to know what is happening to your life. This is exactly why, it is so important to have a discipline, a spiritual discipline in your life that you need to have time for your exercises, breathings and meditations.
When you commit yourself, gradually, you will start experiencing clarity that will give some insight into the lessons that you are supposed to get. Once you get that lesson perfectly, the karma connected with you will be neutralized. That is the smartest way of living.
Further reading, Secrets of Karma, Page 24.