What is Karma? Karma is the Sanskrit word for action. It is equivalent to Newton's law of every action must have a reaction. When we think s!eak or act we initiate a force that will react accordin"ly. #his returnin" force may$e modified chan"ed or sus!ended $ut most !eo!le will not $e a$le eradicate it. #his law of cause and effect is not !unishment $ut is wholly for the sake of education or learnin". % !erson may not esca!e the consequences of his actions $ut he will suffer only if he himself has made the conditions ri!e for his sufferin". I"norance of the law is no e&cuse whether the laws are man'made or universal. #o sto! $ein" afraid and to start $ein" em!owered in the worlds of karma and reincarnation here is what you need to know a$out karmic laws. 1. THE GRET LW ' (%s you sow so shall you rea!(. #his is also known as the ()aw of *ause and +ffect(. ' Whatever we !ut out in the ,niverse is what comes $ack to us. ' If what we want is -a!!iness .eace )ove /riendshi!... #hen we should 0+ -a!!y .eaceful )ovin" and a #rue /riend. 2. THE LW !" CRET#!$ ' )ife doesn't 1ust -%..+N it requires our !artici!ation. ' We are one with the ,niverse $oth inside and out. ' Whatever surrounds us "ives us clues to our inner state. ' 0+ yourself and surround yourself with what you want to have !resent in your )ife. %. THE LW !" H&'#L#TY ' What you refuse to acce!t will continue for you. ' If what we see is an enemy or someone with a character trait that we find to $e ne"ative then we ourselves are not focused on a hi"her level of e&istence. (. THE LW !" GR!WTH ' (Wherever you "o there you are(. ' /or us to 234W in S!irit it is we who must chan"e ' and not the !eo!le !laces or thin"s around us. ' #he only "iven we have in our lives is 4,3S+)5+S and that is the only factor we have control over. ' When we chan"e who and what we are within our heart our life follows suit and chan"es too. ). #-+ LW !" RE*+!$*#,#L#TY ' Whenever there is somethin" wron" in my life there is somethin" wron" in me. ' We mirror what surrounds us ' and what surrounds us mirrors us6 this is a ,niversal #ruth. ' We must take res!onsi$ility what is in our life. -. THE LW !" C!$$ECT#!$ ' +ven if somethin" we do seems inconsequential it is very im!ortant that it "ets done as everythin" in the ,niverse is connected. ' +ach ste! leads to the ne&t ste! and so forth and so on. ' Someone must do the initial work to "et a 1o$ done. ' Neither the first ste! nor the last are of "reater si"nificance ' %s they were $oth needed to accom!lish the task. ' .ast'.resent'/uture they are all connected... .. THE LW !" "!C&* ' 7ou can not think of two thin"s at the same time. ' When our focus is on S!iritual 5alues it is im!ossi$le for us to have lower thou"hts such as "reed or an"er. /. THE LW !" G#0#$G $1 H!*+#TL#TY ' If you $elieve somethin" to $e truethen sometime in your life you will $e called u!on to demonstrate that !articular truth. ' -ere is where we !ut what we *)%I8 that we have learned into actual .3%*#I*+. 2. THE LW !" HERE $1 $!W ' )ookin" $ackward to e&amine what was !revents us from $ein" totally in the -+3+ %N9 N4W. ' 4ld thou"hts old !atterns of $ehavior old dreams... ' .revent us from havin" new ones. 13. THE LW !" CH$GE ' -istory re!eats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to chan"e our !ath. 11. THE LW !" +T#E$CE $1 REWR1 ' %ll 3ewards require initial toil. ' 3ewards of lastin" value require !atient and !ersistent toil. ' #rue 1oy follows doin" what we're su!!osed to $e doin" and waitin" for the reward to come in on its own time. 12. THE LW !" *#G$#"#C$CE $1 #$*+#RT#!$ ' 7ou "et $ack from somethin" whatever 74, have !ut into it. ' #he true value of somethin" is a direct result of the ener"y and intent that is !ut into it. ' +very !ersonal contri$ution is also a contri$ution to the Whole. ' )ack luster contri$utions have no im!act on the Whole nor do they work to diminish it. ' )ovin" contri$utions $rin" life to and ins!ire the Whole.