12 little known karmas that can change your life

Often people think that karma is a bitch and catches up with us in this lifetime. By the time we ponder about countering it, the time is gone past. What if we had some way to change our karmas? There are at least 12 unknown ways to change your life and karmic patterns. Let’s understand what is karma and how it impacts us. Eventually we offer the wisdom to keep calm and move on.

Description of karma

It is the Sanskrit word for action. One can think of karma as the spiritual equivalent of Newton’s Law of Motion. “For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.” Basically, when we exhibit a negative force in thought, word, or action, that negative energy will come back to us. However, karma is not meant to be a punishment. It is present for the sake of education. How else is someone to learn how to be a good person if they are never taught that harmful action is wrong? A person only suffers if they have created the conditions for suffering.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”

Motivational guru, Deepak Chopra says, “Unless you are a highly evolved, enlightened being, Karma affects your life in every way; in fact, your life is the constant unfolding of Karma!” He also says, once we are able to define our purpose and truth in our lives we can live in total alignment in our thoughts and actions. As correct actions will never create karma.  Any challenging situation gives you two choices. You can see the situation as a problem and waste your life complaining about it, or you can recognize that it happened and ask, “How can I learn and grow from this?”

If you see it as a problem, you can get drawn into lower energy, which recreates the same Karmic energy, and you make no progress. Looking for growth opportunities allows you to release the Karma and remain free to move ahead on your spiritual journey.

12 laws of karma we all should know, regardless of our culture, creed or nationality

1. The Great Law

“As you sow, so shall you reap.” Also known as the “Law of Cause and Effect.”

To receive happiness, peace, love, and friendship, one must BE happy, peaceful, loving, and a true friend.

Whatever one puts out into the Universe will come back to them.

2. The Law of Creation

Life requires our participation to happen. It does not happen by itself.

We are one with the Universe, both inside and out.

Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state.

Surround yourself with what you want to have in your life and be yourself.

3. The Law of Humility

One must accept something in order to change it.

If all one sees is an enemy or a negative character trait, then they are not and cannot be focused on a higher level of existence.

The Law of Growth

“Wherever you go, there you are.”

It is we who must change and not the people, places or things around us if we want to grow spiritually.

All we are given is ourselves. That is the only thing we have control over.

When we change who and what we are within our hearts, our lives follow suit and change too.

The Law of Responsibility

If there is something wrong in one’s life, there is something wrong in them.

We mirror what surrounds us, and what surrounds us mirrors us; this is a Universal Truth.

One must take responsibility for what is in one’s life.

The Law of Connection

The smallest or seemingly least important of things must be done because 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. They are both needed to accomplish the task.

Past, Present, and Future are all connected.

The Law of Focus
One cannot think of two things at the same time.
If our focus is on Spiritual Values, it is not possible for us to have lower thoughts like greed or anger.

The Law of Giving and Hospitality

If one believes something to be true, then sometime in their life they will be called upon to demonstrate that truth.

Here is where one puts what they CLAIM to have learned into PRACTICE.

The Law of Here and Now

One cannot be in the here and now if they are looking backward to examine what was or forward to worry about the future.

Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, and old dreams prevent us from having new ones.

The Law of Change

History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path.

The Law of Patience and Reward

All Rewards require initial toil.

Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil.

True joy comes from doing what one is supposed to be doing, and knowing that the reward will come in its own time.

The Law of Significance and Inspiration

One gets back from something whatever they 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. Lesser contributions have no impact on the Whole, nor do they work to diminish it. Loving contributions bring life to and inspire the Whole.

Karma is a lifestyle that promotes positive thinking and actions. It also employs self-reflection to fix the problems in one’s life. As we go back to Deepak Chopra’s profound views on Karma and how it can impact our lives he offers sound advice, “With regular practice, you begin to live from that level of infinite possibilities instead of the limited possibilities created by Karma. Meditation realigns you with your true self, leads you back to your true purpose (Dharma) and allows you to “wash” away Karma on all levels.

Commitment to your spiritual path is the keys to escaping from the Karmic prison you have created for yourself—and to enjoy unbounded freedom in every moment.