THE LAW OF KARMA FEAST OF TABERNACLES 2018

THE LAW OF KARMA FEAST OF TABERNACLES 2018 PRESENTATION

WHAT DOES KARMA MEAN? Karma Means Action. Karma has a direct relationship with Daharma.

WHAT IS DAHARMA? “Daharma” (or “Darma”) means “innate nature” or the Laws governing each and every thing. Therefore in human life as in the universe as a whole, there are Laws (Daharmas) which have been set up by God to be followed. As the subjects become more complicated, they will become multi-natured (they will have more than one Daharma). These natures or Daharmas can be understood by deep observation, meditation, and concentration. Also most of them are revealed by God through His Prophets (if you understand them).

WHAT HAPPENS IF DAHARMAS ARE NOT FOLLOWED? Deviation from Daharma (universal laws) is violence, because violence means to deviate from a set of rules which have been ascribed to be followed. If a subject follows his or her nature, it will be in harmony with the Universal Laws. If he or she does not follow his or her nature, disharmony will be created which will result in confusion and unhappiness.

WHAT IS THE LAW OF KARMA? Any action creates a reaction that remains in the universe. Bad actions create bad reactions, and the person should pay for them. Good actions create good reactions and a person should be rewarded for those actions. The action (karma) should be according to the Laws of the universe (Daharma). Otherwise, it will create bad reactions (samskaras) and bind the Soul (tama guna crudifies the consciousness, "sin").

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW OF KARMA? The Law of Karma has been devised for each unit consciousness to learn the Laws of the universe, learn the lessons, and progress. Therefore, when a person repents and never again does the bad actions (which creates samskaras), he will be forgiven, because the purpose of all these Laws and creation is to help man overcome his lower nature and go to his higher self. If a person accomplishes this goal (refraining from doing bad actions), there is no point that he be punished or gain experience which he has already achieved since he is ready to refrain from repeating his past mistakes. Until the lesson is learned completely, a repetitive pattern will continue in a person's life until he or she creates enough awareness to realize the reason behind these patterns of sufferings, and breaks it by not making the same mistake again.

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LAW OF KARMA & THE LAW OF REINCARNATION Reincarnation is the assumption of a new body by a Soul after physical death. The Law of Karma and Samskara plays a great part in the execution of the Law of Reincarnation. Samskaras are the effect of the actions which remain in the universe in order for a Soul to receive its proper rewards or punishments. Through meditation, repentance, prayer, fasting, purification, progress, experiences in each lifetime etc. , and by His Grace, a person lightens and burns these samskaras and becomes more Divine. But reincarnation is more complicated than only this. Also some Souls assume new bodies merely to come to this world in order to help others in their journey toward the goal (Pure Consciousness).

RECAP Karma means action. Daharma means innate nature (universal laws) of things. If Karmas are not according to the Daharmas bad reactions (samskaras) are created. A soul assumes new body through reincarnation according to Law of Karma (good actions create good reactions, bad actions create bad reactions) and in each lifetime is given opportunities to learn the lessons (universal laws). Once a Lesson is learned by repentance and never doing the bad action again, samskaras are dissolved. Until the lessons are learned a repetitive pattern will continue in the persons life.

LET’S GO INTO MORE DETAIL: WHAT IS SOUL AND WHAT IS SPIRIT? Soul is the manifestation of the Divine in gross form as a separate consciousness. The Soul is consciousness with the three gunas as its creative force or mind. Soul is the same as self. Spirit is the same as astral or ethereal body, consists of ethereal factors, and contains the first five chakras. Spirit is ether. The Soul (self, unit consciousness) resides in the ethereal body, Spirit. Soul progresses through the first five chakras in the ethereal body, Sprit, toward reaching higher consciousness. At the time of death, the Soul that resides in the spirit separate itself from the rest of the body. However, memory stays in ether. Ether is spirit. In the next reincarnation, memories (reactions) come back as the subconscious mind, the program, the buffer between conscious and unconscious mind.

SO, WHAT IS THIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND? The subconscious mind is where our deep desires and personal will reside. These desires and will are created by our past and present experiences and lives. Therefore, we can say the subconscious mind is where our karmas reside! Because of these past and present karmas, this part of the mind is programmed to unconsciously guide us, advise us, protect us, make us succeed or fail, etc. , in our personal lives. It is the part which makes us do things which we later might regret. The subconscious mind is a barrier between us and the Universal Mind (Unconscious Mind). The subconscious mind is a program. It's a karmic program that has been put in our spirit. And because of this karmic presence, this subconscious presence, we react in different situations. We react in every situation according to that program because of our past experiences.

SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CONTINUED… So Our karma is the lessons we have to learn. They are there as programs so we react in such a way in every situation. Why do we react the way we do? We react because of the programs in our subconscious mind. It is in our karmic energy which makes us react the way we do. That is why we have to learn our lessons. As long as we don't learn our lessons, this karmic energy which is related to us and is ours, is going to stay with us, and it's not going to be shaken off easily.

HOW DO WE LEARN OUR LESSONS? The conscious mind is what we see now. The unconscious mind or Universal Mind is the mind of God. We create samskaras with our bad karmas that we can only dissolve by learning our lessons that we have to learn. These lessons or karmic energies are programmed in the ethereal level in our consciousness. And this subconscious mind becomes a buffer, a separator between us and the unconscious mind, God. Because of these karmic energies we don't experience God. We still have a buffer between us. God is with us but we are not with Him. And that subconscious mind is something that we dissolve in meditation. You chip the subconscious mind, you hammer at it each time you meditate. But it's very hard material, you have to hammer a lot, depending on your level of progress. Of course, with His Grace (everything comes by His Grace) one day you are enlightened. You don't have to have that subconscious mind. However, God doesn't give His Grace until you learn your lessons. With His Grace you learn your lessons. You seek His Grace!

WHAT IS GRACE? Grace is, Divine assistance given to man in his progress toward his goal -- Pure Consciousness, be(com)ing Divine. When raja guna (action) is directed toward higher things, it is Grace (The Divine Mother). Raja guna (energy) is active and neutral. <6>When it is activated, and also remains neutral, because it has no polarity it becomes unconditional Love or Divine Grace (Mother).

HOW DO WE WIN HIS GRACE? Those who strive in the path of be(com)ing Divine (Eternal Divine Path), and show sincerity, steadfastness, and overcoming, will win His Grace, and through their endeavors and His Grace, they will reach Pure Consciousness. You can receive Grace only when your focus is 100% on God all the time. The less of you is there, the more of God will be in you. As it has been said, "Those who will keep to the end will be saved. " The real answer to receiving The Grace is foregoing the ego.

HOW DO WE KEEP OUR FOCUS ON GOD, ALL THE TIME? One-pointedness: the state of perfect concentration toward the goal of life. Only by being one-pointed can a person overcome all the forces (externally and internally) which try to divert the attention from our goal and mislead us toward the fall into the lower nature. That is why one of the definitions of the devil is "he who diverts the attention, " or that force which diverts us from being one-pointed in our endeavors and takes our attention from going within toward the spiritual world to going without toward the external world. So one-pointedness means to create a perfect concentration toward our ideal and goal.

HOW DO WE KEEP OUR FOCUS ON GOD, ALL THE TIME? Love your God with all your heart, mind and spirit. That means focus your intention and your life physically, mentally and spiritually on God. Feel God Deeply There are many, many ways and techniques to get close to God and experience God. One of them is to quiet our senses by fasting, meditation, service, Satsang, focusing on The Greatest Sign, and reading THOTH and Satsangs. Wrap yourself all with God's Ways and God's Energy, and focus on Him alone.

RECAP We need to learn our lessons. We meditate, contemplate, observe etc. become aware of the patterns in our subconscious mind. We repent and learn not to repeat the same mistake over and over! We strive in the path of be(com)ing Divine (Eternal Divine Path), and show sincerity, steadfastness, and overcoming, to win His Grace! We focus on God and forego the ego! We create perfect concentration toward the goal of life (one pointedness). The Goal of the life is to be(come) Divine. That Divinity God is Everything! We wrap ourselves with God, His Teachings, His Work, His Satsangs, Service, Meditation and Prayer!

All Thanks To God!