Book Title: Law of Karma
Author(s): Nirmala Jha
Publisher: Capital Pubishing House Delhi

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________________ Picilis iplof Sva ni Vivekununda 55 Pral, miseries and hupiness, all are running iowards him. And out of them he fashions the mighty stream of tendency which may be called as character and he throws it outwards. As he has the power of drawing in anything, so he has the power of throwing it out. All the actions that we see in the world, according to Vivekananda, are the display of thought. All the movements in human society, all the works that we have around us, fall in the same category. Everything in the world is simply the nifestation of the will of man; and this will is caused by character and character is formed by Karma. As is karma, so is the manifestation of the will. Therefore, we are responsible for what we are and whatever we wish ourselves to be. We have the power to make ourselves. It what we are now has beea the result of our past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions. That is why it is most necessary to know as to how should we act. And we have already seen that Karmayoga is the science of the secret of action. Here oncinay raise a question : "What is the use of learning how to work?'' Vivekanandi in this respect is of the view that everyone works in same way or the other in this world. But by knowing how to work, one can obtain the greatest results. It teaches m:n the right path. Human psychology insists on the fact that man works with various motives. There cannot be work without motive. Some people want name and fame and so work for that purpose. Some people want money and they work for money. Others want to have power and they work for power. In short, Man acts to get some end. In other words, man becomes attached to the works. The sense of attachment develops within him due to which he suffers. All the pains and miseries, poverty and wealth, good and bad, which see on this earth, is not permanent. Out real nature is far beyond misery and happiness, beyond every object of the senses, beyond the imagination. "Miseries come through attachment, not through work."25 As soon as we identify ourselves with work, we feel miserable, but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.

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