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The Science of Karma
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it means that we ourselves are still at fault. At some point in time
you will have to see the world as faultless. Everything around
you has arisen because of your own account. It will be extremely
useful to you if you understood just this much.
If you had bound sticky (difficult) karma, the results will
be sticky also. Such karmas unfold to give you the opportunity
to be free from this stickiness. Everything is your own account.
If a person starts cursing you, is his conduct improper? No, this
is exactly correct, it is the effect. Whatever it is, it is a worldly
interaction, a cause–effect relationship. The difference between
the one who knows the Self and the one who is ignorant of the
Self is this: The one, who knows the Self, would be glad if
someone were to insult him because he sees that this is freeing
him from the karma. A person, who does not know the Self,
will retaliate and bind more karma. When someone insults you,
it is nothing but the effect of your own karma and he just
happens to be instrumental in it. With this awareness, new karma
is not bound. Every effect, karma brings with it its own nimit
(instrument). It has already been decided through which
‘instrument’, the effect will occur. Dharma is where there is no
attachment or abhorrence during the karma effect.
Are Obstacles Self-Created?
Questioner: If someone tries to stop us from coming to
satsang, is it because of our own karma?
Dadashri: Yes. Nobody can touch you if you are not at
fault. Everything you experience is the result of your own
mistakes. You yourself have bound these karmas of obstacles.
And karmas that have been created will have to be experienced.
Questioner: Were these mistakes made in our previous
life?
Dadashri: Yes, in the past life.
Questioner: Although I interact nicely with a person,