Jailer

Author(s): Abhayshekharsuri, Sujata P Kapadia
Publisher: Harshadray Private Limited

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the order or inspiration of Karmasatta that any soul will execute the punishment meted out by Karmasatta either willingly or otherwise. This way it is affirmed that the soul of the perpetrator is only a Jailer. Nothing more than that. In other words, a soul, at the most, can become a Jailer but it cannot become a judge who can independently punish another soul (without the order of Karmasatta). This is also the reason why he cannot either increase or decrease the punishment even by the smallest degree.
Question: "All this is alright, but there is also a limit upto which one can suffer. If the pain is prolonged and there is no end in sight, how long can one tolerate provocation patiently?”
Counter-Question: "How much unhappiness do you desire?” · Reply: “None at all, We only want happiness.”
Counter-reply: "Here is a story for you to ponder over. A boy filled a large syringe (meant for filling colours) with dirty, black and foul-smelling water and ejected it upwards towards the sky. Then he prayed to the Lord, “O Supreme Lord! Let there be a shower of rose water upon me.” However instead, what fell on him was the same dirty sewage water. He complained to the Lord, “You are not effective any more. I prayed to you so much and yet only dirty water fell on me”. Now, what can one say to this boy? If you wanted rose water, why would you fill the syringe with filthy water?
Whenever one has the time, one watches T.V., once more money is earned, one makes a trip to Water Kingdom (a resort), if one sees something beautiful, one's eyes are
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