The law of karma is one of the most complicated rules in our world. Its complexity lies in its ambiguity - depending on the type of person, on the energy that surrounds him, the manifestations of the law of karma can be different. And this is the main difficulty. A large number of factors you can consider. How can we explain the fact that two people can have a completely different view of the same problem?
People are so different - and the level of development, and the conditions in which they live, and what they aspire. At the same time, one should not forget that it is the level of human development that determines what kind of energy will surround him.
Three main types of energy that determine a person's actions: tamas, rajas, sattva.
These types of energy designate what decision a person will make.
For example, consider the following question: to help or not to help children?
- A person who is in ignorance will choose the option "Help," no matter how paradoxical it may seem, since he cannot foresee all the consequences of his act.
- A man, laced with passion, also decides to help because, in reality, he does not understand what he is doing; desires control him; he is, in some sense, "blind."
- A person who is in sattva can choose any of these options, depending on what he thinks about reincarnation, about his next reincarnation, or the possible rebirth of another creature. It will determine his decision.
The most important thing here is to understand that there are three types of energy and that in ordinary people, these three types of energy are mixed. It would be a mistake to consider a person one hundred percent sattvic, rajasic, or tamasic. There are specific mixtures of these energies, and therefore human actions can be different depending on the situation.
There are such concepts as akarma, vikarma, karma.
Akarma is an action without consequences for the one who performs it.
Karma is the law of feedback - "what you sow, you will reap."
Wikarma - when a person knows that his actions will lead to negative consequences, but he does it anyway and can do nothing about it.
Let us now consider the difference between "karma" and "fate." Take, for example, an ordinary person: in his past lives, he accumulated karma, and before he was born in this world, his fate was determined. If in this incarnation, this ordinary person lives, committing harmful acts, his future will gradually deteriorate. However, it depends on what kind of energy surrounds a person: if sattva, then everything will return to him very quickly; if ignorance, he will not understand anything in this life.
If a person begins to do yoga, he can change his fate. True, in this case, we can say that this person had the karma to do yoga and change his future.
That is the value of yoga! The fact that with the help of yoga, a person can change the negative supply of karma that he has.
There is an opinion that karma of the lower worlds accumulates in the legs of a person. Karma of hell accumulates in the ankles and feet. The karma of the animal world is in the lower legs and knee joints. Karma of hungry spirits or very poor people is in the hips. When you overcome these limitations with the help of specific asanas, you become more mobile, and the pain in the legs goes away. However, keep in mind that it costs a person who practices yoga to communicate with people who have massive problems in their legs and how these problems will appear in him. And again, everything must be re-designed and put up with the problem, which is now becoming yours.
The law of karma is callous to egoists and very fair to those who engage in self-improvement.
