KARMA

Article: Instant Karma  Karma, in the popular view, is often perceived as the bogey  man of Eastern philosophy, as the stick that punishes you for  doing the wrong thing. In reality it is much simpler than  that, and it carries no judgmental overtone at all.   Karma is simply reflectance. Reflectance is a property of the  universe. Therefore, life reflects what you project. This  principle of reflectance or karma states that life reflects  your beliefs, emotions and actions. The stronger these are,  the more apparent it becomes that life is a mirror of  whatever you project.   Whenever you change the way you view life, the universe, just  like a mirror, reflects your new view of reality. This may not  occur instantaneously as, often, circumstances do not allow  the new reflection to immediately manifest. In this case, the  new reality is held, like a pressure within the aura of your  body's subtle magnetic field. You then walk around in life,  surrounded by this magnetic potential, your "karmic pattern,"  as it influences your circumstances to adapt into a form  where the new reality will be able to manifest and operate.   Reflectance, sooner or later, produces manifestation.  Therefore, if you don't like something in your life, the most  powerful way to change it is to discover how you have  generated that reflection. Then change your point of view -  the beliefs, viewpoints and energies that you put into your  life - so that the reflection is changed.   It's just like the law in physics: "For every action, there is  an opposite and equal reaction." This law goes much deeper  than just a law of mechanical motion. It is how the universe is  designed at all levels.   Reflectance is entirely automatic. There is no judge. No one  looms over you, threatening retribution for imaginary sins.  However, because this law of life is automatic, you have to be  the one to initiate change. It will not come to you until you  take the initiative, until you create the action so that there  can be a reaction.   If you seek more happiness from life, the mirror of life will  shine more happiness back upon you, just as soon as you  decide, within yourself, to become a happier person.  Then it will reflect your new reality.   Your power lies in how you respond to the circumstances which  have been created in your life. Circumstances, within  themselves, are inherently neutral. It is human judgment that  assigns positive and negative values to those circumstances.  It is a paradox of life that the challenges of difficult  times can produce the most happiness in the end.   Remember that if "bad" circumstances are affecting you, it is  often not because of some "bad" way that you thought or  behaved in the past, but because you planned your life so that  it would present certain challenges. How you respond to those  challenges is the whole point of the exercise. The strongest  steel is that which is quenched from great heat and the most  compassionate heart is one which has seen great suffering  in the world.   Your viewpoint is your response to the picture that life  presents, and it is totally under your control. Your viewpoint  determines what energies you will put into life and therefore  what the mirror of life will reflect back.   Life is a mirror. Smile, and it will immediately smile back at  you.    *If you enjoyed today's article, forward it to a friend!  They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.    This article was written by Owen Waters, author of  "The Shift: The Revolution in Human Consciousness"   Available in hardcover or via immediate download at:   http://www.infinitebeing.com/theshift