No deed small or great, good or bad can be without effect: this is the Law of Karma; the Law of Deed, the Law of Causality, Compensation and Retribution. Man may escape man-made laws through muscle power, money power or political power. But he can never escape nature’s law — the Law of Karma. Every smallest gesture or action, word, feeling or emotion and thought is accounted for.

“Karma” means “deed” or “act”. More broadly, karma means the universal principle of cause and effect, action, and reaction. Every effect has a cause. There is no effect without a cause. If we sow goodness, we will reap goodness; if we sow evil, we will reap evil. Karma refers to the totality of our actions and their concomitant  reactions in this and earlier lives, all of which determine our future. Our total cumulative past, modified in the present, becomes our future.

Human beings are said to produce karma in four ways:

*Through thoughts and feelings
*Through words
*Through actions that we perform ourselves
*Through actions others perform under our instructions

If we plant goodness, we will reap goodness.

If we plant honesty, we will reap trust.

If we plant humility, we will reap greatness.

If we plant perseverance, we will reap victory.

If we plant consideration, we will reap harmony.

If we plant hard work, we will reap success.

If we plant forgiveness, we will reap reconciliation.

If we plant openness, we will reap intimacy.

If we plant patience, we will reap improvements.

If we plant faith, we will reap miracles.

But

If we plant dishonesty, we will reap distrust.

If we plant selfishness, we will reap loneliness.

If we plant pride, we will reap destruction.

If we plant jealousy, we will reap trouble.

If we plant laziness, we will reap stagnation.

If we plant bitterness, we will reap isolation.

If we plant greed, we will reap loss.

If we plant gossip, we will reap enemies.

If we plant worries, we will reap wrinkles.

If we plant sin, we will reap guilt.

So, we must be careful what we plant now, it will decide what we will reap tomorrow.

The evil we do remains with us and the good we do
returns to us manifold.

This is the Law of Karma

“We may learn wisdom: by reflection, which is the noblest; by imitation, which is the easiest; by experience, which is the bitterest.” — Confucius