Karma
and Free Will
Karma and free
will have always existed as two independent entities of the cosmic
system! The free will of a human being stems from the fact that
every individual human being has a soul atman... the spirit within
residing within our heart! It is the presence of our soul atman
that causes life to exist in the cosmic system.
In absence of
a soul atman... the inert body would simply decay and die! The presence
of super consciousness... the presence of the spiritual consciousness
within our heart... the presence of an indestructible soul atman
proves beyond out that our soul atman in fact is the absolute master
and controller of the body and not otherwise.
Every soul atman
manifests a human form to work out its karma... remove the dross
impurities within! Similar as one KG of pure gold cannot separate
itself from a lump of hundred KG of gold ore and requires external
mining processes and machinery... our soul atman also requires manifesting
karma through a series of bodies... 8.4 million manifestations on
the whole!
Karma is that
inherent ingredient of the cosmic system through which continuity
of life is maintained in the cosmic system. In absence of karma...
life in the cosmic system simply could not exist. The existences
of soul... the existence of God Almighty... the existence of human
beings... the existence of doctrine of karma are all interrelated!
Ever since the
beginning of time when God Almighty exploded self with a big bang...
and all pure souls' atmans scattered all over at unimaginable speeds...
in the melee, the hurtling souls' atmans gathered impurities similar
as a rolling ball gathers moss. To cleanse themselves of the dross
impurities within every soul atman manifests bodies after another.
In its entire
life span of 8.4 million manifestations... an earthly life cycle
of 96.4 million years... the soul atman comes back to is original
prime pure pristine primordial form the moment human beings reached
the stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally salvation
(moksha). Gaining liberation from the cycle of birth and death forever
is the only goal of life for a soul atman.
It is through
the complex process of karma... life moves from one manifestation
to another! At the time of death of a body... whatever the residual
balance of karma of present life... becomes the opening balance
for next manifestation... the new cycle of life! At no stage of
life karma of one soul atman can ever affect the working of another
soul atman.
Bhagavad Gita...
the most sacred scripture of Hinduism on Mother Earth is absolutely
clear on this point. Does this mean the control of destiny lay in
the hands of human beings and not God Almighty... yes, the truth
is so! As we sow so shall we reap... nothing less or more says the
law of karma. We cannot expect mangoes to grow on a guava tree.
By exercising
free will human beings scaled higher levels of life. It is the presence
of free will that makes human beings the highest manifest stage
in the cosmic life cycle. Only as human beings our soul atman becomes
free... liberates itself from the cycle of birth and death forever...
never otherwise! It is the presence of free will within human beings
that gives us power over destiny.
our soul atman the spirit within soul atman
is independent of every other soul atman. The free will is exercised
by not human beings but our soul atman that exists within the body
in our heart. By traveling the path of absolute truthfulness...
by remaining truthful all the time... any human being can reach
the stage of Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed...
an enlightened one!
To do or not
to do is the sole prerogative of every individual human being. We
must always remember... we have one life to live! Who knows what
we shall be in the next manifestation... why not travel the spiritual
path now! It is only by traveling the spiritual path... exercising
free will human beings reached the stage of enlightenment (kaivalya
jnana) and finally salvation (moksha).
By assimilating
wisdom contained in Sacred Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism... by reducing
ignorance step-by-step at every stage of life... one reduced the
karma... rather exhausted the karma... burned the karma slowly!
The moment human beings gained enlightenment... it announces ceasing
of karma forever.
Having become
pure... having gained absolute purity... the purified soul atman
need not manifest a body further! For a pure soul atman the need
to manifest karma through a body now ceases to exist. From the first
manifestation to the last... the 8.4 millionth manifestation...
the goal of life for every soul atman remains burning the karma
in its entirety forever!
Both free will
and karma are exercised by the physical manifested form... the form
of human beings! Of itself... no soul atman can purify itself! Does
it mean that it is prime duty of every human being to assist its
soul atman in reaching the cosmic end of life at the earliest...
yes, the truth is so!
Essay
by: Vijay
Kumar "Atma Jnani"
Vijay Kumar... The Man who Realized God in 1993 explains more on
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