Friday 26 January 2018

THE LAWS OF KARMA

Follow these laws of Karma to change your
life - Sanskriti


What is Karma?
Karma is the Sanskrit word for action. It is equivalent to
Newton’s law of ‘every action must have a reaction’. When
we think, speak or act we initiate a force that will react
accordingly. This returning force maybe modified, changed
or suspended, but most people will not be able eradicate it.
This law of cause and effect is not punishment, but is wholly
for the sake of education or learning. A person may not
escape the consequences of his actions, but he will suffer
only if he himself has made the conditions ripe for his
suffering. Ignorance of the law is no excuse whether the
laws are man-made or universal. To stop being afraid and to
start being empowered in the worlds of karma and
reincarnation, here is what you need to know about karmic
laws.
1. THE GREAT LAW
“As you sow, so shall you reap”. This is also known as
the “Law of Cause and Effect”.
Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back
to us.
If what we want is Happiness, Peace, Love, Friendship…
Then we should BE Happy, Peaceful, Loving and a True Friend.

2. THE LAW OF CREATION
Life doesn’t just HAPPEN, it requires our participation.
We are one with the Universe, both inside and out. –
Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state.
BE yourself, and surround yourself with what you want
to have present in your Life.

3. THE LAW OF HUMILITY
What you refuse to accept, will continue for you.
If what we see is an enemy, or someone with a
character trait that we find to be negative, then we
ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence.

4. THE LAW OF GROWTH
“Wherever you go, there you are”.
For us to GROW in Spirit, it is we who must change –
and not the people, places or things around us.
The only given we have in our lives is OURSELVES and
that is the only factor we have control over.
When we change who and what we are within our heart
our life follows suit and changes too. THE

5. LAW OF RESPONSIBILITY
Whenever there is something wrong in my life, there is
something wrong in me.
We mirror what surrounds us – and what surrounds us
mirrors us; this is a Universal Truth.
We must take responsibility what is in our life.

6. THE LAW OF CONNECTION
Even if something we do seems inconsequential, it is
very important that it gets done as everything in the
Universe is connected.
Each step leads to the next step, and so forth and so on.
Someone must do the initial work to get a job done.
Neither the first step nor the last are of greater
significance,
As they were both needed to accomplish the task.
Past-Present-Future they are all connected…

7. THE LAW OF FOCUS
You can not think of two things at the same time.
When our focus is on Spiritual Values, it is impossible
for us to have lower thoughts such as greed or anger.

8. THE LAW OF GIVING AND
HOSPITALITY
If you believe something to be true,then sometime in
your life you will be called upon to demonstrate that
particular truth.
Here is where we put what we CLAIM that we have
learned, into actual PRACTICE.

9. THE LAW OF HERE AND NOW
Looking backward to examine what was, prevents us
from being totally in the HERE AND NOW.
Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, old dreams…
Prevent us from having new ones.

10. THE LAW OF CHANGE
History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we
need to change our path.

11. THE LAW OF PATIENCE AND REWARD
All Rewards require initial toil.
Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent
toil.
True joy follows doing what we’re suppose to be doing,
and waiting for the reward to come in on its own time.

12. THE LAW OF SIGNIFICANCE AND
INSPIRATION
You get back from something whatever YOU have put
into it.
The true value of something is a direct result of the
energy and intent that is put into it.
Every personal contribution is also a contribution to the
Whole.
Lack luster contributions have no impact on the Whole,
nor do they work to diminish it.
Loving contributions bring life to, and inspire, the
Whole.

Thursday 11 January 2018

A Fight For Journalistic Freedom ;A Fight For Democracy

Harish Khare, Editor of the Tribune, which published the Aadhaar expose:

A few thoughts on January 10, 2019…

I am grateful to for so many friends gathering  this afternoon to a conversation on subject that should be matter of vital concern to all of us.

Rather than feeling outraged, I am inclined to be thankful to the government and its empowered instruments like the UIDAI and the police for slapping a criminal case against The Tribune and my colleague, Ms. Rachna Khaira.

I wish to reiterate – with all the seriousness and as responsibly as possible -- that what Ms. Khaira did was nothing more than perform her duty as a professional journalist.

And, we at The Tribune did nothing more than what any other set of editors in a newspaper would have done.

And, let me confess:

We at The Tribune do not think of ourselves as manning the barricades .

We do not subscribe to Permanent Insurrection.

We are not chasing any Revolution.

We believe in the Constitution and its values; we assiduously seek to provide space to the voices of dissent. 

And, yet, we are sought to be hauled up for doing a spot of honest, legitimate investigative reporting; we are sought to be intimidated for practising  a bit of old fashioned journalism.

And, so, if the arrogant rulers of the day can think of wanting to arrest the reporter and the Tribune editor, which journalist in India  can feel safe and confident in pursuing an honest story?

We need to be thankful to the authorities  for suddenly making the entire media fraternity realize the need for solidarity and strength. 

We need to be thankful to the authorities  for throwing the harsh provisions of the law at us because suddenly it was evident  to one and all ---from the most pro-government  to the most professionally detached media outlets--- that  the sub-inspector can come calling on anyone of us, whatever be the colour of our partisanship.

We need to be thankful to the authorities for reminding us that each one of us has an opportunity every day to stand up to the power; to question the bureaucratic theology ; to dispute the officially-mandated orthodoxy.

We need to be thankful to the authorities for proving once again that the State does not have any monopoly  over competence; that the State depends upon functionaries who are not –and, cannot be—gods; that these functionaries are often inept, inadequate and ill-equipped to be the repositories of our welfare.

We need to be thankful to the authorities for exposing themselves , and their false pretences.

We need to be thankful to the authorities for re-introducing a dash of passion  and energy and anger into the heart of every single Rachna Khaira who is out there  in every single newsroom.

We need to be thankful to the authorities for being so clumsy, so bureaucratic and so haughty ---because responsible journalism never felt as joyful as it does this afternoon.

Thanks.