Beyond the bonds of Karma

There are 4 stages in the evolution of the way someone does his or her Karma i.e. Action. This may or may not correspond to the 4 stages of skill acquisition that is well-known. I haven't gone into how far it corresponds to it. While the skill acquisition is more technical, this is more spiritual but maybe they both say the same thing from different viewpoints.

1. When one starts working for a material gain, he or she makes mistakes. He or she learns from the mistakes and this takes him or her to the next stage.

2. Here, he or she starts converting the lessons learnt from the mistakes into profit. Success breeds more success because of increased confidence and there is a spiraling of profits.

The next stage is reached after a transformation in interest from material to spiritual where one starts working in the same activities, but abdicating the fruits of labour to the spiritual realms and taking whatever is offered back.

3. The failures don't bother because no effort is wasted. The spiritual forces or angels carry over the implementation like how the wind carries over a scent to the intended place.

4. The successes no more engages and binds the individual like golden hand-cuffs to temporary gains but merges his or her consciousness with the eternal cosmic bliss.

Statutory Warning

Valper

I'm on prescribed drugs and while it keeps mood-balance overall okay, I do get very brief episodes of mania and depression. Allopathic drugs work great but they have their side-effects. I'm in the process of bringing down my intake to zero in the next 3 visits to my doc in 3 months, cutting by half each time I visit the doc. So it will take 90 - 120 days for my body to be totally out of these chemicals. Then I will be back to my normal self, the way I was many years ago, when my brain and heart were in sync with each other. That doesn't mean I'm going to behave oddly these days. I'm already cured by over 70% and healed by over 99.7% (or the reverse). Just a caution to you not to take everything I say literally if it sounds weird or sick (like the statistics you just read :-)). Thanks again for listening and the bandwidth.

The Genie

A woman was walking along the beach when she stumbled upon a Genie's lamp. She picked it up and rubbed it, and lo-and-behold a Genie appeared. The amazed woman asked if she was going to receive the usual three wishes.

The Genie said, "Nope ... due to inflation, constant downsizing, low wages in third-world countries, and fierce global competition, I can only grant you one wish. So ... what'll it be?"

The woman didn't hesitate. She said, "I want peace in the Middle East. See this map? I want these countries to stop fighting with each other."

The Genie looked at the map and exclaimed, "Gadzooks, lady! These countries have been at war for thousands of years. I'm good, but not THAT good! I don't think it can be done. Make another wish."

The woman thought for a minute and said, "Well, I've never been able to find the right man. You know, one that's considerate and fun, likes to cook and helps with the housecleaning, is good in bed and gets along with my family, doesn't watch sports all the time, and is faithful. That's what I wish for ... a good mate."

The Genie let out a long sigh and said, "Let me see that fucking map!"