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The Science of Karma
Why Blame The Postman For The Letter
With Bad News?
The misery in this world today is due to lack of
understanding. It is self-created because of the lack of vision.
When one is burnt by fire, he would say that it was not done
deliberately, but instead, by mistake. Similarly all misery is based
on mistakes. All these miseries are the result of our mistakes.
Once the mistakes are gone, the misery will be over.
Questioner: Is that why we have to suffer the misery,
because of our karmas?
Dadashri: They are all karmas that we had created,
which is why the mistake is our own. No one else is at fault.
Others are only ‘instruments’. The misery is all yours, but it
comes your way through your ‘instruments’. Would you hit the
postman (instrument) if he were to bring you the telegram
informing you of your father’s death?
Accounts Of Previous Lives
Questioner: Do we encounter our family members and
relatives because of our connections with them in our previous
life?
Dadashri: True. There is nothing without connections.
They are all accounts. Either we have pushed them around or
they have pushed us around. If you have obliged them in the
past, then the effect will be sweet. But if you have pushed them
around it will be bitter.
Questioner: If someone pushes me around and hurts
me, is the suffering I feel the fruit of my karma?
Dadashri: Yes, these are all accounts. He will continue
to do so as long as there is an account. The trouble he gives
you depends on the extent of your account. Do these chili
peppers give you problems?