Defining karma....

Karma. And past life. Do you remember who you were in your past life? What you did? Where you lived? Has it ever flashed in your dreams? Some episode from your past life? Something that you could not explain? Do you remember anything from your past life?? Were you a seaman in the late 1800s somewhere in modern day Ireland? Were you a mapmaker or an astronomer somewhere in Hungary in the 7th century? May be a weaver in the 1400s in some province of Russia? Or a surgeon on the island of New Guinea in the 12th century? Well, who knows?? Our past life and the mystery around it always invokes some curiosity and excitement. Who doesnt want to know about oneself in some other age? How we lived? Who were our friends? Who was our lifemate then? How did we die? Some questions that are pretty interesting. And most of the answers are usually bordering on the edge of speculation. But, wouldnt it be amazing to know the answers to all these questions? May be, if we knew, we would go to that part of the world. And rediscover some part of our past life....

Now, moving on to today's point of discussion. Do things happen in a cycle? Our karma decides our next birth?? Do we end up with the same environment in every birth? Do we have the same family in every birth? Do we have the same friends in every birth? And now I am wondering if it is possible to guess who we all were in our past life by looking into our current lives? If you were a politician in your last birth, will you be in a similar profession in this one? Ok. May be you still bear the traits of a remarkable politician in this life even if you are say a dentist. If you were a farmer in your last life, then maybe you still have the industriousness of one in this life. Or is it that every person begins from a clean slate in every birth? And what about our soulmate? Is our soulmate going to be with us in every life? This one is the most interesting question for today's topic. If it is true that the soul transcends our mortal body, then the soulmate does too. Which in effect translates into this stunning conclusion: "You already know your soulmate. You have already known him or her across your other lives. And this life is nothing but a beautiful reunion." Hmmm.....

In the end there is nothing but our karma. And it is the only link between our different lives. Our thoughts, our speech, our actions and our conduct are all elements of our karma. They influence our past, our present and our future. Will living a good present life earn us the merit of a better next life? Dont know. But it will certainly make our present life much more worthwhile. Now, atlast I write about the law of karma. In its simplest form, the truth about karma is this: "Our deeds define our life." And the most beautiful aspect of it is this: "Every karma needs to be done without any expectation of good or bad."

Definition of 'karma': Purity in thoughts. Clarity in speech. Selflessness in actions. And righteousness in conduct.....