The Theory of Karma

I remember when I was 10 years old,  as a child I never used to pay attention while brushing my teeth. It was an unimportant work for me. My mom had a few dis-shaped front teeth. I don’t know why she decided to extract all her teeth and get an artificial set of teeth instead. She went to hospital for extraction, one tooth at a time. She returned home in a lot of pain, could not eat properly and suffered a lot of discomfort.  

After a few days, she went again for another tooth extraction. This went on for one year. I was observing my mom all the time and praying to let the year go past fast. Something in me decided that now onwards I would always take care of my teeth so that I never have to go to the dentist. 

If one realises to take care of one’s teeth after 40 years, it will be too late. Once it is destroyed, what God can do?

Do you think God is sitting in heaven and registering our karmas and deciding the punishment accordingly? If one earns 100 good points, he will go to heaven or else to hell. Or I should wait maybe 20 years, or the next life, to teach him a lesson. If I hit a dog… it will bite me. If I don’t clean my house…. it will remain dirty. What God has to do with it? What is hell then? A bad feeling inside. It is not easy to get rid of it. The nagging thoughts does not leave us alone, living with it continuously, what could be other hell than that.

God is more scientifically advanced than we can imagine. He has installed a CCTV camera in all living beings (consciousness). Where everything has been registered, whether we know it or not. A quiet observation has a strong effect on us. 

As we meditate, we can access the camera. It has many other functions too.

1. To open our hidden files, greed, fear, anger, restlessness etc.
2. It gives us the strength to watch and tolerate ourselves.
3. It provides us with knowledge to keep our body and mind healthy. 
4. After a long painful process, it burns the past in a way it does not hurt in the same way. The process might take a week, or 10 years or life time. 
5. It registers our overall growth and directs us to higher consciousness.
6. We get the clarity to make better choices in every aspect of life and much more.

One day in meditation, I had a beautiful experience. Two things were happening together, thoughts were running inside my head along with the silence. It was like two rivers flowing parallel, freely and peacefully without disturbing and interfering with each other. And I observed both. The experience made me so peaceful and happy throughout the day. I learnt that thoughts are not the problem. Rather, constantly observing them brings more silence and peace.