some thoughts on karma
“A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer’s need.”
– Pedro Calderón de la Barca
“Our karma fuels our momentum in one direction or the other and eventually dictates whether we attract the success that we’re aiming for or not. It’s all about cause and effect. Our momentum, positive or negative, keeps building if we continue doing the same actions and that determines the nature of results that we get. As the old proverb goes, ‘Those that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.’”
– Parth Sawhney, The Way of the Karma Yogi
“The word karma has been much misunderstood, but its literal meaning is simply action, something done. So instead of using exotic language, we might as well refer to the ‘law of action,’ which states that everything we do – even everything think, since our thoughts condition our behavior – has consequences: not ‘equal and opposite’ as in physics, but equal and alike.”
– Eknath Easwaran
“Karma is action on three levels: body, mind, and energy. Whatever you do on these three levels leaves a certain residue or imprint upon you.”
– Sadhguru, Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
“A strong thought, or a thought long continued, will make us the center of attraction for the corresponding thought-waves of others. Like attracts like in the thought world – as ye sow so shall ye reap.”
– William Walker Atkinson, Thought Vibration
“Karma simply means we have created the blueprint for our lives. It means we are the makers of our own fate. When we say ‘This is my karma,’ we are actually saying ‘I am responsible for my life.’”
– Sadhguru, Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
“Karma is like old software that you have written for yourself unconsciously. And, of course, you’re updating it on a daily basis! Depending on the type of physical, mental, and energetic actions you perform, you write your software. Once that software is written, your whole system functions accordingly. Based on the information from the past, certain memory patterns keep recurring. Now your life turns habitual, repetitive, and cyclical.”
– Sadhguru, Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny
“The information that we feed our mind dictates our lives, our outcomes, and our ability to achieve. Our mind is like a computer and even though it seems like a complex system, the way it works is rather simple — what you input is what it outputs. It doesn’t judge or discriminate, it simply acts on what it is given. This is a perfect instance of cause and effect and how our karma determines our success. The way we program our minds determines what kind of outcomes we get. There’s a popular adage ‘Garbage in, garbage out.’ If you put junk in your mind, you’ll get junk — that’s how it works. That’s why it’s crucial that we become vigilant of what we expose our minds to. We need to always be aware and careful about what we’re feeding our mind.”
– Parth Sawhney, The Way of the Karma Yogi
