________________
MOTHER AND CHILD
Karma is a universal energy and structure that links all things together in a cause and effect relationship. The theory of karma claims that we have all lived before this life, many times, and we are who we are, most significantly, because of our previous acts, thoughts and feelings. In this story, the law of karma appears dramatically in the relation of a mother to her son; and Guruji gives advice that helped the mother in her relationship to her son.
n ne day a lady came to me who was married to a
U disciple of mine, an Indian doctor. I had known the doctor for over five years and I knew that he and his wife were very much in love and they recently had a beautiful son. But I had never really met or talked with his wife.
When I first saw her, it was evident that she was under great stress about something. After a while, she told me about her problem.
“Guruji, I love and cherish my son more than anyone else in the world and I want only to protect and to care for him in my every waking moment. But, when I go to sleep and I am sinking deeper and deeper into darkness and oblivion, I am suddenly terrified by the thought that I must kill my son. It comes repeatedly as a
82
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
