Karma and freedom
Do not believe that all humans without exception have to submit to the same laws
"The reign of the spirit"
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'Generally speaking, the first beginnings of something are a sure indication of how it will end. However, if we make a deliberate effort to divert the normal course of events we can sometimes do so.
True, there are certain events in life that unfold with implacable inevitability and which we can predict with total accuracy, just as astronomers can predict eclipses and conjunctions or oppositions of planets, because everything unfolds according to strict mathematical laws.
But if the spirit decides to intervene and manifest itself, it can accelerate or delay certain aspects of the process. In our present state of evolution, our spirit is unable to manifest itself fully and absolutely, for it is still subject to the limits imposed on it by matter. In its essence and when it is operating in its own higher sphere, its powers are unlimited: it is only in the sphere of matter that it is still hindered from manifesting the full range of its powers, for it takes a long time to organize everything.
But it is ceaselessly active, day by day, gradually working its way through; in the long run, it is the spirit which will triumph and transform and govern all things.
For the spirit possesses what we call ‘supernatural’ powers. In fact there is nothing supernatural about its powers: miracles, wonders or extraordinary events which seem to us to fly in the face of the laws of nature are neither supernatural nor supra-natural nor anti-natural! It is simply that they are subject to other laws, the laws of the spirit.
The question of destiny – the problem about whether and to what extent humans are free or bound to a predetermined fate – has been under discussion for hundreds and hundreds of years. The great mistake is to believe that all human beings without exception are necessarily bound by the same laws. You must not think that everyone is free, nor that everyone is subject to an implacable fate.
No, the truth is that freedom depends on our level of evolution. How we think, feel and behave determines how far we are from one or other end of the scale between fate and providence.
Until such time as we attain total freedom, therefore, we are still subject to the law of karma in some areas of our life, whereas in others we are free.'
"Breaking the chains"
Digital illustration generated and composed
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"The reign of the spirit"
Digital illustration generated and composed
© Editions Prosveta S.A.
(click to zoom)
'Generally speaking, the first beginnings of something are a sure indication of how it will end. However, if we make a deliberate effort to divert the normal course of events we can sometimes do so.
True, there are certain events in life that unfold with implacable inevitability and which we can predict with total accuracy, just as astronomers can predict eclipses and conjunctions or oppositions of planets, because everything unfolds according to strict mathematical laws.
But if the spirit decides to intervene and manifest itself, it can accelerate or delay certain aspects of the process.
In our present state of evolution, our spirit is unable to manifest itself fully and absolutely, for it is still subject to the limits imposed on it by matter. In its essence and when it is operating in its own higher sphere, its powers are unlimited: it is only in the sphere of matter that it is still hindered from manifesting the full range of its powers, for it takes a long time to organize everything.
But it is ceaselessly active, day by day, gradually working its way through; in the long run, it is the spirit which will triumph and transform and govern all things.
For the spirit possesses what we call ‘supernatural’ powers. In fact there is nothing supernatural about its powers: miracles, wonders or extraordinary events which seem to us to fly in the face of the laws of nature are neither supernatural nor supra-natural nor anti-natural! It is simply that they are subject to other laws, the laws of the spirit.
The question of destiny – the problem about whether and to what extent humans are free or bound to a predetermined fate – has been under discussion for hundreds and hundreds of years. The great mistake is to believe that all human beings without exception are necessarily bound by the same laws. You must not think that everyone is free, nor that everyone is subject to an implacable fate.
"Breaking the chains"
Digital illustration generated and composed
© Editions Prosveta S.A.
(click to zoom)
No, the truth is that freedom depends on our level of evolution. How we think, feel and behave determines how far we are from one or other end of the scale between fate and providence.
Until such time as we attain total freedom, therefore, we are still subject to the law of karma in some areas of our life, whereas in others we are free.'
Text taken from the book "Freedom, the Spirit Triumphant", chap. 3 "Fate and Freedom".
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