Karma

Karma

Psychic viruses are the source of a lot of Karma.

Karma = Kar (action as in “cr-eate”) + Ma (as in mine), i.e. any action that stems from the limited psychological Self is Karma.

Karma creates Kārmic impressions, called Samskāras, which perpetuate more Karma - which in the interest of not being too pedantic we refer too also as just Karma.

Reactive Action

In simpler words, Karma is those actions that cause a reaction, in that what goes around comes around, and typically we are subject to being continually in reactive mode.

In the psychological realm it can be hard to understand the root cause of a reaction because :

• there can be significant time delays, and 

• the reaction may manifest in a form that is not immediately obvious as to its cause, unless we detect the pattern.

Our psychological Self builds up with these Kārmic impressions, which are essentially mental conditionings, that further influence how we perceive the world around us in a limiting manner. 

These layers of conditioning make us experience the world with preconceptions such that further actions reinforce these Kārmic impressions (samskāras).

Thus we are trapped into reacting to situations mindlessly, laying the seeds for the same situation to arise in the future and are caught in a Kārmic cycle, unable to evolve beyond our limited sense of self.

Actual Rebirth

Karma and Self are heavily associated with “rebirth” in the literature but it’s all done very mystically because at present we really have no way to scientifically prove that it is Karma in one life that causes future rebirth for the exact same individual - beyond of course genetic inheritance, where our:

• Past lives can be viewed as the DNA programs & cultural knowledge base built up from millennia on Earth that influence us.

• Future lives can be viewed as our DNA being passed on through offspring if we have any, or our interactions with the world around us that propagates cultural memory.

Conscious Rebirth

However, from the perspective of the conscious Being we have a plausible explanation of Rebirth which suffices for the purpose of ridding ourselves of Karma in this lifetime itself.

Since All is Mind, each Being we encounter can be considered a reflection of a facet of our own parallel life.

Thus each significant interaction with another Being, that causes a deep impact on us, should be considered as an opportunity for a rebirth, for example, when they trigger any kind of reaction in us, or judgement from us, and we utilize that for personal change.

Non-judgemental

Understanding Karma and its effects helps us to come to terms with one of the most difficult aspects of getting rid of Psychic Viruses - not being judgemental about individuals who trigger these reactions.

It is not that any particular individual is actually a Rākhasa or a Deva, or an Asura - it is that they are possessed by the particular spirit of such an energy.

The more we judge the actual individual, the more we stay entangled with their psychic energy fields, and thus they suck on our Prāna and become stronger. 

• If, for example, we plot to “kill” a Rākhasa for ridding of pain so that we can be happy in the future, the psychological seeds of the virus still stay embedded within and the psychic virus will reform, literally taking rebirth when similar stressful circumstances recur. 

• If we engage with a Deva consciously, maintaining its freedom, then there is no Karma, but recall, if we misuse a Deva and curtail their freedom, they turn into a Rākhasa.

• if we plan to destroy an Asura, so that we are finally free from its social constraints, then it will let loose a host of fossilized Rakshasas of which it is formed, and which now will spread like zombie hordes.

• If people around a Psychic Virus are unable to recognize this beast and keep feeding its Ahamkār, its accumulated Identity, for their own selfish reasons, then the force of Karma will come to haunt them too, at some point.

Factoid

Interestingly, the literature attests to the Self having the potential to go through 8.4 Million rebirths, and there is also scientific evidence of 8.4 Million species on Earth, which from an All is Mind perspective could indicate that :

• • At each moment we could embody a certain behavior that corresponds to any of these life species, e.g. we could be “greedy as a pig”, “wise as an owl”, “sturdy as an Oak tree”, “all embracing as a Banyan tree”, etc. 

From the perspective of Yoga, this is sufficient explanation of Rebirth so we don’t get caught up in needless speculation on what is rebirth after the death of the human body.

Releasing Karma

Our Kārmic impressions (called samskāra) act like a psychic DNA - a mental conditioning responsible for our propensities to feel, think, act. 

However, just like genes manifest themselves, or stay unmanifest, in the physical body, our Kārmic impressions too can either be increased or subdued and eventually deactivated through Yoga.

This happens when we perform actions with a sense of Moksha in Mind, that is, although we commit ourselves fully to the action, we are not particularly attached to the form of the results, so the result does not accrue to our limited personal Self.

The theory of Karma instills a sense of personal responsibility in us, that the release of all problems begin from within our own Self.

When realization dawns that it is: 

• our own Karma that is responsible for bringing these Psychic Viruses into our lives, and 

• keeping them there, 

then we drop being judgemental about them and detach from their psychic energy, thus we reduce our Karma, and channel our Prāna toward increasing our consciousness.