Fate is the Result of your Karma
by alka sharma
Prarabdha cannot be changed by any one. This is destined to
happen. No one can avert it. The best way is to accept things as
they are and surrender to the Almighty. Prarabdha can affect the
body only, not the mind. For instance physical pain is
inevitable if one has a physical body, but one need not suffer.
Pain is natural, not suffering. Mental pain is what suffering
is. If the mind knows that it has to face a situation involving
physical pain, in addition to the physical pain, the mind goes
through mental pain too in anticipation of the physical pain,
worrying about it. This is like the child who suffers from
mental agony three hours ahead of the injection that he knows
the doctor will give him. The actual pain of the injection
itself will last but for a minute though the child suffers for
hours in anticipation of the physical pain. It is most important
to make this distinction between pain and suffering since almost
all of us suffer more from mental pain than physical pain. If
one can cultivate sufficient discrimination, one can avoid
unnecessary mental suffering. In other words disasters happen,
but mentally one can remain unaffected by adopting a spiritual
attitude.
Some people take a wrong message from all these. They feel that
doing no work (inaction) will help them. This is impossible. No
human being can ever remain without karma. Bound by Prakriti
(Nature), man is forced to do karma by the three gunas (Sattva,
Rajas, Tamas). Our Prakriti will make us perform karma. Karma is
three fold. First there arises a desire, an impulse within.
Finally you exert yourself to attain it. Desire, thought and
action always go together. So thought itself is subtle karma,
the seed of karma. Karma can be done through the mind (thought),
speech (words/verbal) and the body (the actual act). These are
three threads, which make the rope of karma that binds all men.
Hence even if a man is inactive and refrains from action, he may
still be doing karma at a thought level.
As long as thoughts are there, karma is being done. A man may be
acting, but mentally he may not have any sense of agency, in
which case karma cannot bind him. This is the essence of the
Gita Shloka, ?~He, who sees action in inaction, and inaction in
action, is a yogi?T. Seeing, hearing, talking, thinking, all
are karmas. We are constantly performing karma through the mind,
speech and body in all the three states of dreaming, sleeping
and walking. There can be no state in which a man is not
performing karma. Instead of running away from action, one
should instead, give up all sense of agency, the identification
with karma.
Remedies of Astrology All our karmas are stored in the causal
body. When the cosmic planetary patterns change, when the time
is ripe, the karmas ripen to fruition; the seeds of karma in the
causal body sprout and project into the astral body where they
influence the mind. The thoughts energize the physical body,
thus, to act in a manner that is in accordance with the karmic
patterns. Thus any undesirable seed of karma spotted in the
horoscope can be prevented from actualizing itself at the mind
level, if one exercises enough control, since the body
translates the thoughts into actions. But this is often very
difficult. One who gains total control over emotions like anger,
lust, greed etc is indeed a Yogi. Thank you for reading my
article, I love to hear any ones opinion or suggestions. Good
luck to everyone.
About the author:
Alka Kaushik is a freelance copywriter and journalist with a
particular interest in health and wellness. She is M.phill in
Political Science having deep interest in Vedic Sciences. For
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