DEACON 11: Karma

DEACON 11
Karma

He said this would be the final teaching and when I found out it was about karma, I understood the reason why…

“In the Holy Bible it says God makes sure that whatever one sows that will he also reap. One can find such a statement in the epistles of St. Paul, (Galatians 6:7). In the Old Testament, i.e. Job 4:8, it is written that those who plough iniquities and sow trouble will reap the same. And although Jesus did not look at the world through the optics of karma, it is something that we must address. If God will let you sow iniquities from the troubles you ploughed, then there is something to karma after all.

“So, what is karma? It is a Sanskrit term, and belief, that deals with the consequences of actions and their intentions. If an action is good and done with good intentions, one will receive good karma. If the opposite is done, e. g. with evil or bad intent, then the results will likely be bad. It sounds simple enough. But is it? What can make an action to cause a good or bad reaction according to the intention? Is it God, as we are told by Saint Paul (Galatians 6), who will not be mocked by those committing evil deeds? If God makes sure that people reap what they sow, then karma is real. Be careful.

“In India’s sacred texts, the Upanishads, one can see that karma is clearly linked to causality. Take these verses from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4.4.5-6, that tell us: A a man is one way or another according to how he behaves. If he is a man of good actions he will become a good man; if he is a man of bad actions he will become a bad man. One becomes pure from good actions and bad from bad actions.

“I believe this is a universal belief that we all can agree with. No? We do agree that good actions lead to good results, like positive thinking leads to positive things? No? And we can agree that the opposite is also true. No? Yet, are we free from the consequences of our actions? If we blame our actions on bad karma is that a legitimate defence? Is it an excuse? And on the other hand should we suppose that our triumphs and successes are merely the product of good luck? Or of good karma? I leave that up to you. We have free will to believe whatever we want. But bear in mind that the more good actions you accumulate in your life, the more good things you will receive, either in the short or the long road.»

And then he paused and took a glass of water in his hand, had a good, long drink and looked, with a saddened expression, right at me.

“And you who are chasing evil doers and those you perceive as evil men, will you stop to think of such things as karma? Will you not even stop to think that perhaps the greatest thing that Jesus taught and stressed, was that we should not judge others? ‘Judge not, and you will not be judged.’ So says Saint Luke (6:37). And Saint Matthew (7:1-2) says: ‘Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you‘. Does judging others produce of bad karma? I believe it does and perhaps that is why Jesus strongly commanded against it.

“And I have finished my work here. I understood there was a huge need as a voice guided me here to teach. I know many have heard these words, though few have listened. Yet I know that the one for whom these principles were laid out has listened and understood. This allows me to move on to someplace else where I may be needed with the same urgency as I was here.

“But before I finish I would like to remind you of what Jesus said were the two greatest commandments. The first is: ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these‘. (St. Mark 12-28-31). And we find that in the Gospel according to Saint Matthew (22:36-40), Jesus completes the statement with: ‘On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.‘

“So who are you chasing my son? Do not chase shadows, or much less your tail, should you end up like Ouroboros eating its own tail and a symbol of constant cycles. Or have you fallen? Let go and let God. Only He can raise you.

C.2025, Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 11 APR 2025 – Valencia, España

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This concludes the limited series DEACON 11

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