“The word Karma is derived from the Sanskrit Kri, to do; all action is Karma. Technically, this word also means the effects of actions.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our own present actions; so we have to know how to act…” - Swami Vivekananda
(1) On one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the other hand, we learn that we can never give up, knowing that with the right tools and energy, we can reverse any decree or karma. So, which is it? Let the life decide, or never give up? The answer is: both.
(2) The Lust-adoring Body, Slave to the Blood and Sense—through whom The Soul, Although the Body’s very Life it be, Does yet imbibe the Knowledge and Desire Of Things of Sense; and these united thus By such a Tie God only can unloose, Body and Soul are Lovers Each of other. Where does this road end, Where is the end What is there at the end? So much desire, such untiring quest, Where does it melt and fuse away?
“The word Karma is derived from the Sanskrit Kri, to do; all action is Karma. Technically, this word also means the effects of actions.
ReplyDeleteWe are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our own present actions; so we have to know how to act…”
- Swami Vivekananda
(1)
ReplyDeleteOn one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the other hand, we learn that we can never give up, knowing that with the right tools and energy, we can reverse any decree or karma. So, which is it? Let the life decide, or never give up? The answer is: both.
(2)
The Lust-adoring Body,
Slave to the Blood and Sense—through whom The Soul,
Although the Body’s very Life it be,
Does yet imbibe the Knowledge and Desire
Of Things of Sense; and these united thus
By such a Tie God only can unloose,
Body and Soul are Lovers Each of other.
Where does this road end,
Where is the end
What is there at the end?
So much desire, such untiring quest,
Where does it melt and fuse away?