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THE 12 KARMIC LAWS: A JUDGEMENT OF OUR ACTIONS
(BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM SPIRITUALITY)
Brian Waalla

Karma is the judge of our actions, it is the unseen energy that derives from our behavior and brings with it corresponding consequences and retribution. Karmic laws in Buddhism or Hinduism simply tell us that the effort we made in something ten minutes ago or ten lives ago comes back to us, eventually.

It is closely linked to the future rebirths and transforms into the energy we will use to purify our soul until we reach perfection. While karma symbolizes responsibility and retribution for our actions, rebirth offers us the opportunity to move forward.

To stop being scared and start being autonomous in the worlds of karma and reincarnation, here’s what you need to know about karmic laws.

EXPLAINING THE 12 KARMIC LAWS
karmic laws
To receive happiness, be happy; to have love, be loving; to be rich, be generous.

1ST LAW
We harvest what we have planted. Therefore, to receive happiness, be happy; to have love, be loving; to be rich, be generous. What we send to the Universe is that which comes to us.

2ND LAW
We are the ones who create our lives. We are part of the Universe and act on it. If you are not happy with your life, look around. The environment that surrounds you tells you how your interior is. Surround yourself with what you want to have in your life and be yourself.

3RD LAW
It talks about humility, which many of us refuse to accept. Be it by beliefs, shame, traumas, etc. But anyone who abandons arrogance and hatred becomes humble.

4TH LAW
According to the 4th karmic law, we are the ones who have to change. Not others, not places, not things or circumstances. When we change, everything else changes as well. We only have control over ourselves. It is our growth that is assigned to us as our responsibility.

5TH LAW
If something is not right in your life, then something is not right in you. Our lives reflect us. Therefore, we are responsible for it and for everything that exists in it.

6TH LAW
Even if something seems disconnected it is important to understand that everything in the Universe is connected. Each step leads to the next step and so on. The past has built the present and the present builds the future.

What is in our life has its reason guarded in the distant past, and what is unheard of now is the treasure already stored in our future.

7TH LAW
We cannot think of two things at once. This law means a single thought to create or modify something in this current existence. It’s the law of staying focused, dedicated, of donating body and soul.

8TH LAW
All things in the Universe are flowing in circulation which continually expands outwards. This is reflected in giving, whether it’s intangible or tangible, and receiving. The joy of giving to others is infinitely greater than taking from others. It is impossible to grow spiritually if you are not disinterested.

9TH LAW
Looking back and examining our past prevents us from living in the present moment from here and now. The old methods of thinking, the old patterns of behavior, our old dreams, prevent us from renewing ourselves.

What has happened in our past is already done and regret will not change anything now. Tomorrow, our present will become our past. So let’s work on our present to make our past more beautiful.

10TH LAW
History repeats itself until we retain the lessons needed to change our journey.

11TH LAW
When we begin to take stock over our thoughts and shift our attitude in life, things do change for the better but always in their own time. Lasting rewards require patience and persistence. True joy follows doing what we are supposed to do and waiting for the reward to come when the time is right.

12TH LAW
The true value of something is a direct consequence of the energy and intent that is put into it. Each personal contribution also contributes to the whole. The absence of contribution has no impact on the whole. Generous contributions bring life and inspire.

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Quantum Existence

From Novel Atemporal Behavior by Julia Mossbridge

 "...it can be argued that the particle doesn’t really exist until measurement, and therefore all seemingly atemporal or retrocausal effects are not in spacetime. They are instead, the argument can go, really based on an incorrect assumption that particles exist in spacetime when they are not being measured"

About Spiritual Guidance, Spritual Teachers, and Teachings

I write this post from sheer experience. 

Not as an answer, but as experience.

Being brought up to doubt my own inner wisdom and guidance, I constantly looked to others for guidance. In doing this, I learned some very difficult lessons.

1. How a person acts in the world, what their true nature and motives are is very important when looking to someone as a guide or teacher.
Many teachers may know the words or concepts, but have not fully grasped them, embodied them.

2.If someone has not mastered what I want to learn, how can they teach me? 

3. Many teachers have some part of the puzzle so to speak, say a meditation teacher who is able to teach me techniques to reach a certain level of consciousness, but they still have not reached the ultimate level that I want to reach. How do I know that their technique will lead me where I want to go? It may just be a diversion, or even set me on a completely different path away.

Lojong Practice

From Wikipedia:

The original Lojong practice consists of 59 slogans, or aphorisms. These slogans are further organized into seven groupings, called the "7 Points of Lojong". The categorized slogans are listed below, translated by the Nalanda Translation Committee under the direction of Chögyam Trungpa.The following is translated from ancient Sanskrit and Tibetan texts and may vary slightly from other translations. Many contemporary gurus and experts have written extensive commentaries elucidating the Lojong text and slogans.

Point One: The preliminaries, which are the basis for dharma practice

Slogan 1. First, train in the preliminaries; The four reminders. or alternatively called the Four Thoughts

1. Maintain an awareness of the preciousness of human life.

2. Be aware of the reality that life ends; death comes for everyone; Impermanence.

3. Recall that whatever you do, whether virtuous or not, has a result; Karma.

4. Contemplate that as long as you are too focused on self-importance and too caught up in thinking about how you are good or bad, you will experience suffering. Obsessing about getting what you want and avoiding what you don't want does not result in happiness; Ego.

Point Two: The main practice, which is training in bodhicitta.(Etymologically, the word is a combination of the Sanskrit words bodhi and citta. Bodhi means "awakening" or "enlightenment". Citta derives from the Sanskrit root cit, and means "that which is conscious" (i.e., mind or consciousness). Bodhicitta may be translated as "awakening mind" or "mind of enlightenment")

Absolute Bodhicitta (mind of enlightenment)

Slogan 2. Regard all dharmas as dreams; although experiences may seem solid, they are passing memories.

Slogan 3. Examine the nature of unborn awareness.

Slogan 4. Self-liberate even the antidote.

Slogan 5. Rest in the nature of alaya, the essence, the present moment.
(cognitive object: The surrounding world, the "receptacle" or "container" (bhājana) world  nature: reflective)
(The store-house consciousness accumulates all potential energy as seeds (bīja) for the mental (nāma) and physical (rūpa) manifestation of one's existence (nāmarūpa). It is the storehouse-consciousness which induces rebirth, causing the origination of a new existence.
This consciousness is also called the appropriating consciousness ("adana-vijñana") because the body is grasped and appropriated by it.
The store-house consciousness receives impressions from all functions of the other consciousnesses, and retains them as potential energy, bīja or "seeds", for their further manifestations and activities. Since it serves as the container for all experiential impressions it is also called the "seed consciousness" (種子識) or container consciousness.)

Slogan 6. In postmeditation, be a child of illusion.

Relative Bodhicitta (mind of enlightenment)

Slogan 7. Sending and taking should be practiced alternately. These two should ride the breath (aka. practice Tonglen).

Slogan 8. Three objects, three poisons, three roots of virtue -- The 3 objects are friends, enemies and neutrals. The 3 poisons are craving, aversion and indifference. The 3 roots of virtue are the remedies.

Slogan 9. In all activities, train with slogans.

Slogan 10. Begin the sequence of sending and taking with yourself.

Point Three: Transformation of Bad Circumstances into the Way of Enlightenment

Slogan 11. When the world is filled with evil, transform all mishaps into the path of bodhi.

Slogan 12. Drive all blames into one.

Slogan 13. Be grateful to everyone.

Slogan 14. Seeing confusion as the four kayas is unsurpassable shunyata protection.

The kayas are Dharmakaya, sambhogakaya, nirmanakaya, svabhavikakaya. Thoughts have no birthplace, thoughts are unceasing, thoughts are not solid, and these three characteristics are interconnected. Shunyata can be described as "complete openness."

Slogan 15. Four practices are the best of methods.

The four practices are: accumulating merit, laying down evil deeds, offering to the dons, and offering to the dharmapalas.

Slogan 16. Whatever you meet unexpectedly, join with meditation.

Point Four: Showing the Utilization of Practice in One's Whole Life

Slogan 17. Practice the five strengths, the condensed heart instructions.

The 5 strengths are: strong determination, familiarization, the positive seed, reproach, and aspiration.

Slogan 18. The mahayana instruction for ejection of consciousness at death is the five strengths: how you conduct yourself is important.

When you are dying practice the 5 strengths.

Point Five: Evaluation of Mind Training

Slogan 19. All dharma agrees at one point -- All Buddhist teachings are about lessening the ego, lessening one's self-absorption.

Slogan 20. Of the two witnesses, hold the principal one -- You know yourself better than anyone else knows you

Slogan 21. Always maintain only a joyful mind.

Slogan 22. If you can practice even when distracted, you are well trained.

Point Six: Disciplines of Mind Training

Slogan 23. Always abide by the three basic principles -- Dedication to your practice, refraining from outrageous conduct, developing patience.

Slogan 24. Change your attitude, but remain natural.-- Reduce ego clinging, but be yourself.

Slogan 25. Don't talk about injured limbs -- Don't take pleasure contemplating others' defects.

Slogan 26. Don't ponder others -- Don't take pleasure contemplating others' weaknesses.

Slogan 27. Work with the greatest defilements first -- Work with your greatest obstacles first.

Slogan 28. Abandon any hope of fruition -- Don't get caught up in how you will be in the future, stay in the present moment.

Slogan 29. Abandon poisonous food.

Slogan 30. Don't be so predictable -- Don't hold grudges.

Slogan 31. Don't malign others.

Slogan 32. Don't wait in ambush -- Don't wait for others' weaknesses to show to attack them.

Slogan 33. Don't bring things to a painful point -- Don't humiliate others.

Slogan 34. Don't transfer the ox's load to the cow -- Take responsibility for yourself.

Slogan 35. Don't try to be the fastest -- Don't compete with others.

Slogan 36. Don't act with a twist -- Do good deeds without scheming about benefiting yourself.

Slogan 37. Don't turn gods into demons -- Don't use these slogans or your spirituality to increase your self-absorption

Slogan 38. Don't seek others' pain as the limbs of your own happiness.

Point Seven: Guidelines of Mind Training

Slogan 39. All activities should be done with one intention.

Slogan 40. Correct all wrongs with one intention.

Slogan 41. Two activities: one at the beginning, one at the end.

Slogan 42. Whichever of the two occurs, be patient.

Slogan 43. Observe these two, even at the risk of your life.

Slogan 44. Train in the three difficulties.

Slogan 45. Take on the three principal causes: the teacher, the dharma, the sangha.

Slogan 46. Pay heed that the three never wane: gratitude towards one's teacher, appreciation of the dharma (teachings) and correct conduct.

Slogan 47. Keep the three inseparable: body, speech, and mind.

Slogan 48. Train without bias in all areas. It is crucial always to do this pervasively and wholeheartedly.

Slogan 49. Always meditate on whatever provokes resentment.

Slogan 50. Don't be swayed by external circumstances.

Slogan 51. This time, practice the main points: others before self, dharma, and awakening compassion.

Slogan 52. Don't misinterpret.

The six things that may be misinterpreted are patience, yearning, excitement, compassion, priorities and joy. You're patient when you're getting your way, but not when its difficult. You yearn for worldly things, instead of an open heart and mind. You get excited about wealth and entertainment, instead of your potential for enlightenment. You have compassion for those you like, but none for those you don't. Worldly gain is your priority rather than cultivating loving-kindness and compassion. You feel joy when your enemies suffer, and do not rejoice in others' good fortune.^[1]

Slogan 53. Don't vacillate (in your practice of LoJong).

Slogan 54. Train wholeheartedly.

Slogan 55. Liberate yourself by examining and analyzing: Know your own mind with honesty and fearlessness.

Slogan 56. Don't wallow in self-pity.

Slogan 57. Don't be jealous.

Slogan 58. Don't be frivolous.

Slogan 59. Don't expect applause.