For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, ’till all be fulfilled." The Bible - Matthew V:18 "And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the lAw To Fail." The Bible - Luke XVI:17
The basic law of karma states that as you sow, you reap, what you put out comes back to you. This is the law of cause and effect. There are a lot of people who think that many people living in this world get away with a lot. I am here to tell you that no one gets away with anything. As Edgar Cayce said, "Every jot and tittle of the law is fulfilled."
The interesting thing about this law of karma is that it extends over past lives. Even if it appears that someone has unfairly taken advantage of another and appears to have escaped unscathed, it is really not so. The continuity of the soul continues even if you have reincarnated into another physical body. Later on in this chapter I will give many examples that I have researched from the Edgar Cayce files.
Jesus gave an excellent understanding of the law of karma when He said, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you." This is more literal than people realize. There are different levels of karma. What I have been speaking of so far is what I would call one’s personal karma. In other words, what we personally have set into motion with the power of our consciousness and mind.
A second type of karma would be group karma. When we incarnate into this world we are born into a group and join groups. We are born into a group in respect to our skin color, our religious affiliation, and so on. When a person is born into a black body in the United States they have to deal with racism and prejudice. Not because a black body is less than or more than a white body, but because of the low level of spiritual consciousness of so many souls on this plane. A person in a black body or any minority, takes on karmic lessons of that group.
Another type of karma might be national karma. We are born into a certain country, and then indoctrinated through school with its egotistical identifications. If, for example, there was a nuclear war between communist China and the United States, we would get caught up in this national karmic lesson. No person is an island unto themselves.
Then there is planetary karma. This particular school called earth has certain unique lessons that are quite different than other planets in this galaxy or universe. We must deal with the planetary karma and the phase of history we are born into.
It could also be said that all karma is personal in that we, as souls, choose our skin color, our families, what religion, what country we are going to grow up in before incarnating, so in that sense, one could say that all karma is personal karma because we chose it.
The word karma has often been associated with "bad karma". In other words, when we have karma we are experiencing some form of suffering from a lesson not learned. This is opposed to the state of grace. The reading of this book and applying its principles allows a person to avoid suffering, for what is stated in this book is in harmony with God’s laws.
Everything in this universe is governed by laws. There are physical laws, emotional laws, mental laws, and spiritual laws. When a person gets out of harmony with these laws they suffer. Karma, hence, is not a punishment but a gift, a signal and sign that we are out of balance.
The proper attitude towards everything that happens in life is the statement, "Not my will but thine. Thank you for the lesson." In Buddhism they talk about this as non-resistance. In psychology it is talked about as acceptance. Instead of fighting the universe, the idea is to work with the universe and learn from the universe.
This does not mean to give up our power. Just the opposite. It means to own our power and to see what has happened as a teaching, lesson, challenge and opportunity to grow. The idea is to look at the karma as a stepping stone for soul growth.
There is no need to suffer. Suffering is not God’s design, it is our own. It is a sign that we are letting our negative ego or separated fear based self be our guide, not the soul or spirit.
It is important to understand that there is no such thing as sin. A sin is like some unshakable stain on our character that cannot be removed. Sin is an egotistical concept, not a spiritual one. There are no sins, only mistakes.
The true meaning of sin means, "missing the mark". Mistakes are, in actuality, positive not negative. The idea is to not go out of our way to make them, but when they do happen to learn from them and most of all forgive ourselves, for they are positive. Perfection is not never making a mistake. True perfection is the state of always forgiving oneself for one’s mistakes and then trying to learn from that experience.
Another very important point in respect to karma is that all lessons are learned within self. In other words, if you are having a vicious fight with a former friend, if you choose to forgive and hence, unconditionally love that person and let go of your animosity, you are freed from the karma, even if the other person chooses to hold onto a grudge for the rest of the incarnation. This is a very freeing understanding, and is confused by many people.
Karma comes back to us on all levels: physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. How we take care of our physical body in this lifetime will determine how healthy a physical body we have in the next lifetime if we are destined to return.
If you master your emotions in this lifetime and become peaceful, calm, joyous, and happy, then when you incarnate again next lifetime, as a baby you will be a peaceful, calm, joyous, and happy baby. Some people believe in this idea of the "tabuleau rasa", or blank slate philosophy. this is obviously absurd. We are not blank slates when we are born. As a matter of fact, there are really no such things as children. There are only adult souls living in babies bodies. The average person has 200 to 250 past lives. The soul with all its twelve soul extensions has an average of 2,000 to 2,500 past lives.
Another very interesting point in respect to karma is the understanding that there really no so such thing as linear time in the spiritual world. Time is simultaneous. So your past and future incarnations are really happening now. For the now is really all that exists.
It is also possible to have karmic bleed through from one of your eleven other soul extensions who are still in incarnation. This bleed through can come from the past or the future. I realize that this is a very difficult concept to understand on this plane. I have difficulty understanding it fully myself. This is a concept to try and grasp with your right brain rather than your left brain.
The karmic bleed through can manifest as, let’s say, physical symptoms you are experiencing that aren’t in reality your own. Let’s say one of your fellow soul extensions is close to death in his or her incarnation. You may be experiencing this or running some of their karma through your physical body. If you want to do this for one or many of your soul extensions you can, however, I wouldn’t recommend doing it too much unless you receive clear guidance to do so.
As I mentioned in an earlier chapter, a co-dependency can take place with them relying on you too much which is not good. In another experience I, personally, had with Djwhal Khul one day, he said that there was cigarette smoke in my field. I said, "cigarette smoke, that’s impossible for I have never smoked cigarettes." I asked Him if He was sure it wasn’t incense, which I sometimes light. He said, "no, it was cigarette smoke." He searched more deeply into the cause and he found it was coming from one of my soul extensions.
To understand this concept of soul extensions being guided by the soul or over soul, I would recommend reading one of the Seth books, called "The Education of Oversoul Seven". This will help to give you a better understanding of this concept of simultaneous time, and the concept of soul extensions being guided by the soul.
Later in this book I will talk more about the three permanent atoms, which are recording devices for our personal karma, in our physical, mental, and emotional bodies. The three permanent atoms record all of our good and bad karma, like our own personal akashic records. These permanent atoms are also dispensers of karma. They dispense karmic pictures into our blood stream which has an enormous affect on our glandular system. This is part of God’s system for implementing the law of karma fairly.
Another important point in respect to karma is that you are only given as much as you can handle. This is controlled by your soul and monad. If all one’s karma was dumped upon a person all at once, no one could obviously handle it.
It is possible to slow down the karma coming your way if you are feeling overwhelmed, and it is also possible to speed up your karmic lessons if you want to grow faster. This is achieved by just praying for this to your soul and monad and/or God. It is their joy to work with you in any way that you feel most comfortable.
As mentioned in the chapter on initiation, all our good karma from all our past lives and this one is stored in our casual body, or soul body. The building of this causal body is one of the main requirements for achieving liberation from the wheel of rebirth.
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