Science of Karma

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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The Science of Karma
The Science of Karma
does it mean that the bad karmas that we did in our previous life, has cancelled the effect of the good karma?
Dadashri: Yes, they do. If we plant corn and it thrives and grows tall, and then when our bad karmas come to fruition, the last rainfall will not come, and the crop will whither away. But if our punya (merit karma) is strong enough, the com will mature into a good crop. That is why you must do good karma. Otherwise, look for liberation. Take one of the paths. Either find a way out of this world or do good karmas forever. But humans cannot do good karmas forever. They will undoubtedly end up on a wrong path. They will always encounter bad company.
Questioner: What is the thermometer for recognizing good karma and bad karma?
Dadashri: When good karmas come into effect, we feel good and the atmosphere is peaceful. And when the bad karmas come into effect, we feel uneasy and uncomfortable.
What Goes With You After Death? Questioner: Does one have to experience the results of good and bad karma, when one takes on another life?
Dadashri: One has to experience it there in the next life. At the time of death, the Shuddhatma (the pure Self) goes there into the next life. Along with the Self go the good and bad karmas in the form of a plan, which is called the causal body. The subtle body, which is the electrical body, also follows. All these accompany the Self. Nothing else goes with it.
Questioner: Does one receive human birth over and over or is there also a birth perhaps in another life form?
Dadashri: One goes to every life form from here. As of
now about seventy percent of humans here, will go to the animal kingdom.
Therefore from the human form, one can go into the animal form, to celestial form or even to hell and then back into the human form. One becomes whatever one binds (causes). People nowadays bind karmas worthy of animal life, do they not?
Questioner: Many are doing animal-like karmas indeed.
Dadashri: Their reservations have already been made and the tickets have been issued. What is the point of criticizing those who cheat, lie, and exploit others when they have already got their passage booked and confirmed to the animal kingdom?
Aimless Wandering in The Four Life Levels Questioner: Do humans go to a lower life form?
Dadashri: From the human form they can even go to celestial form and become one of the topmost Devas. And if they go lower, they may even end up in the worst, and most hated place possible.
It is only in the human form that one binds karmas. No other life forms bind karmas. In other life forms they only experience the effects of their karma. In the human form, one causes new karmas and also experiences effects of past karmas. He does both. And that is why it is possible for him to go to any of the four major life forms. These are: celestial, human, animal and hellish life forms. The cows and all other animals we see, the Devas too, only experience the karma effects. They do not bind karmas.
Questioner: But humans for the most part do not do good karmas.
Dadashri: The present time cycle, which is characterized