Study in Karma

Author(s): Annie Besant
Publisher: Theosophist Office Adyar

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A selfish man may, on the other hand, create for himself in the future environment regarded as fortunate by the world. With the hope of gaining a title,, he builds a hospital and equips it fully; many sufferers therein. find relief, many sick unto death have their last moments soothed, many children are lovingly nursed back into health. The reaction from all this will be easy and pleasant surroundings for himself; he will reap the harvest of the physical good which he has sown. But his selfishness will also sow according to its kind, and mentally and morally he will reap that harvest also, a harvest of disappointment and of pain.
A STUDY IN KARMA
KNOWLEDGE OF LAW
The knowledge of karma will not only enable a man to build, as he wills, his own future, but it will also enable him to understand the workings.