Karma And It’s Natural Result

Aum Sairam

Ajay still remembers sitting with his wife, Anju, in the doctor’s waiting room. Neither of them had the courage to read the results of Anju’s latest medical examinations. Then, Ajay opened the envelope, and they hastily glanced over the medical language of the report. They spotted the word “cancer,” and both began to cry as they realized the full import of that word.

“The doctor was very kind,” recalls Ajay, “but he obviously realized the gravity of the situation because he kept telling us before that we had to trust in God.

Before radiation treatment had begun, Anju’s doctor noticed involuntary movements in her right foot. Further test revealed that the cancer had spread to her brain. After just one week of treatment, the radiation was suspended, Anju slipped into a coma and died two months later, “I was glad that her suffering had ended,” explains Ajay, “but I missed her so much that I found myself wishing that my life would come to an end too. Often, I would cry out to God: ‘Why did you allow this to happen?’ ”

Like Ajay, countless people throughout the world are forced to face up the reality of suffering. Many times, it is the innocent who suffers. Think of the heartrending grief caused by the relentless armed conflicts that plague mankind. Or consider pain felt by numerous victims, child abuse, domestic violence and other evil committed by man and women have been willing to inflict on one another.

Let us see what Sri Sai explain in this matter

Karma is action and the consequence of action. Like a wave, its motion is inseparable from its substance. Physical or mental actions result is consequences directly related to their causes. "As you sow, so shall you reap." Thus, Karma denotes the natural results of action.

For example, if a person sow wheat, he should expect to reap wheat at harvest time. Similarly, what we receive in this life is determined by our good or bad action in past lives---and of course, by some of our actions in this life time.

By doing a bad act, you cannot expect to get a good result, and if you do good deed, you cannot get a bad reaction from it. The kind of seeds you sow will determine the nature of the crop they yield.

That we are not placed randomly in life fighter to succeed or fail in one lifetimes. We live many lives and learn as a result of our experience. The process takes place on a deep level over many lifetimes. Karma is an instrument of this learning process. The tragedies and blessings of life are not dealt with whimsically by God, but are the result of our own actions. We must take responsibility for the course of our own lives.

Allah Malik