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The Science of Karma
plans. Is the fruit of karma exactly the same as the karma itself?
And is it to the same degree?
Dadashri: No. You will encounter the consequences of
your meddling of this life, in the present life. All that is visible
is effect karma. The effect and the effect of effect karma are
experienced in this life.
Questioner: What if I am already married and I meddle
in someone else’s marital plans. How will the consequences of
that action affect me?
Dadashri: No, you will not receive the very same
consequences. The manner, in which you have hurt someone
internally, will make its way back to you in some form or another.
If you hurt someone’s daughter, when you yourself do not have
one, how can you suffer the same consequences? You will
suffer the consequences in this very life. That which is in front
of you is an effect and they have to be experienced in this life.
The effect of cause karma done in this life will be experienced
in your next life.
Questioner: If my bhaav (intent) is to cause someone a
loss worth millions of dollars, does that mean I too will have to
suffer the same type of loss?
Dadashri: No, not in terms of damage. You will suffer
in another way, but to the same degree. Whatever unhappiness
you give out, the same amount of unhappiness will come your
way. Your son will make you miserable perhaps by squandering
away all your money. You will inevitably suffer the same amount
of unhappiness that you caused to another. If you hurt somebody,
you will suffer hurt, and if you give happiness to someone, you
will get happiness back. Ultimately, all the karmas fall into the
category of raag-dwesh (attraction and abhorrence). The effect
of raag (attraction) is happiness and the effect of dwesh
(abhorrence) is unhappiness.