How to recover good karma: the keys (according to experts in personal development and spirituality)

the law of karma It can be understood in two ways. For Indian religions, it is the fruit of accumulated merits or demerits in past lives. However, also Karma is the result of everything we do in this life..

To improve it, therefore, we must become aware and act differently. You don’t need to believe in past lives or reincarnation to understand karma. In fact, within the same existence there are many liveswith their deaths and rebirths.

Every time a dramatic change occurs in our course, who we have been until then dies and we are forced to be reborn with a new vision for the path that opens before us.

However, whether we live one lifetime or a hundred in this one, the law of retribution works all the time.

what is karma

This concept is already mentioned in the second most important book of the hinduists, he Chandogya-Upanishadwhich is dated between the VIII-VI centuries BC

In Sanskrit, “karma” means action. Is the law of retribution, by which every act gives rise to a consequence.

The goal: stop tripping over the same stone

In it Dhammapadawhich collects the words of the Buddha, we find the following: “The greatest enemy of fools of little understanding are they themselves, since they commit evil deeds that produce bitter fruit“.

Therefore, a prerequisite for good karma is to know oneself and have self-critical spirit.

Without an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth: this is how bad karma is avoided

If bad acts come back multiplied by ten, we should not commit them, even if we believe that someone deserved it. Marcus Aurelius said that the best way to take revenge on an enemy is not to look like him and, in fact, if we harm the one who harmed us, with this we only perpetuate evil.

Positive karma is worked with good deeds. Sadhguru says that “there is no memory without action, nor action without memory.”

That is, to put karma in our favor we have to be aware of our history and thus correct mistakesBut then you have to act. Memory and action must go hand in hand.

How the law of karma is applied on a day-to-day basis

We are the product of countless actions, words and thoughts that have led us here.

If we don’t like the result, we have two options:

The first is to blame to our bad luck, to external circumstances or even to the wrongdoing of third parties. That is, expel any responsibility outside of us.The second is understand that the “bad karma” we have created for ourselves and that, therefore, we must Do things differently to get different consequences.

For this we can ask ourselves: How have I contributed to this happening? How else could he have acted to achieve another result? What should I change, from now on, so that the wheel of life turns in my favor? From this awareness, we can correct our karma.

When the same mistakes are repeated over and over again in our life, we need to open our eyes to realize what we are doing.

Let’s take a simple example. Someone has failed half a dozen times in the field of love. When we asked him, we he says he’s unluckybecause the six couples were cut from the same pattern and suffered from the same defect.

Who is to blame for that? Clearly, the person who has chosen these pairs to always get the same result. Until he assumes that luck is not distributed by destiny, but rather It is in your hands not to make the same mistake againthe wheel of karma will continue to turn against you.

the fable of the hole

To illustrate, there a story in five parts made famous by the lama Nyoshul Khenpo:

A man comes down the street. There’s a huge hole and you fall in. The man feels lost… powerless. It’s not his fault, but he takes forever to get out of there.The man goes down the same streetwhere there is the big hole. He pretends he doesn’t see it and falls for it again. He doesn’t understand how he is back in that same place. It takes his time to come out.The man goes down that street again. She knows and sees that there is the big hole. It falls inside, it’s already a habit. Of course, she has her eyes open and knows where she is. Assume it’s your fault and gets out of there without further ado.Go down the same street. He sees the big hole and walks around it..change street.

How to recover good karma

To take control of our karma, We must examine the following aspects:

Our actions, since they generate consequences. If you don’t like where you are, the questions you can ask yourself are:which way am i acting to find myself in this situation? What “holes” should I avoid? How can I act to have better karma?our words, because they generate happiness or unhappiness, success or failure. What we say has a decisive impact on our karma, so we must take care of it. Also what we say to ourselves.Our thoughts and wishes, since they inspire our words and actions, thus configuring our reality. Buddha said: “Clear mind, tender heart.” Is there clarity and purity in your mind? whatWhat you want is what you need to have a higher life?

Decalogue of good karma

To understand how we can achieve better karma, we can respect ten principleswhich we elaborated in our book namaste (Uranus publishing house), co-written with Hector Garcia:

What you sow, you will reap. Or what you do, you receive. That is the basis of the law of cause and effect. In some spiritual traditions it is said that evil returns tenfold.Practice generosity and kindnessbecause we have the mission of creating the best for ourselves and for our environment, which is inseparable from us.What you refuse to accept will continue to happen to you.. It is necessary to have humility to recognize mistakes and grow as human beings.Take your responsibility. When many unpleasant things happen in our lives, we must review what is inside of us, since the exterior usually reflects how we are on the inside.Understand the connection. Be aware that everything is connected and that any small gesture can unleash a greater evil or good.Focus. Don’t try to cover everything at once. The effort must be limited, with small objectives that make you improve. Who sets many purposes, ends up not fulfilling any.be present, because it is here and now where you create your future karma, and break the anchors that tie you to the past. The crop field of the future is this instant.Correct your behavior to achieve change. As a phrase attributed to Einstein says: it is crazy to expect different results by always doing the same thing. Until you change, don’t expect other scenarios.Be patient. Positive karma sometimes grows like bamboo, slowly and quietly.keep up the effort. Being virtuous for a single day is like a drop lost in the ocean. As Aristotle said, “we are what we repeatedly do.”

This decalogue is summarized in a principle: sIf you take responsibility for your life, the wheel of karma will turn in your favor. If you hide behind excuses, you will never be in control of your existence..

as it says Sadhguruone of the most followed Indian teachers today, “karma teaches you that you are the maker of your life“.