You Can't Get Away With It

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A Conversation

For every action there is an equal and

opposite reaction, he read aloud, wincing, as he handled the shirt on which the

message was printed. You mean to say that even the smallest trifle of a thought

has an effect somewhere? he continued. It cant be! he tossed the shirt away.

Its a natural law, like the law of gravity she explained. When you drop

something it falls. No ifs or buts about it, when you are irritated at someone, the

effect carries through and comes back to you in a complete cycle; we are

interconnected in more ways than we know.

But what I think are my own private thoughts, how can they affect others? he

was adamant.

You know how a butterfly fluttering its wings in the Amazon can create ripples

of the energy that can touch a glacier in the North Pole-- that is how it operates.

Karma is generated through the act of the mind: thinking; the act of speech and

actual physical activity she said, remembering what the Yoga teacher, DeniseLawrence had taught and its consequences can be either short, medium or long

term she said.

Yes, so when you lose your temper at someone, he is hurt by your anger and he

can in turn expess this to another and this in turn generates another wave of


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anger. At some point, in a roundabout way, it will come back to you, perhaps no

longer as anger but in another form of negativity, having gathered momentum

along the way. That is how it works she said.

So you mean, we are in a web of action and interaction and reaction? And weare not even aware of this? he was perplexed now. Then I am trapped, I cant

always control my temper .

Everything we do has its consequence. Things we did in the distant past, even

way beyond this birth, action we did when we were children or thoughts and

words we expressed today, all these create a web of karma, and pay-off is

inevitable, she said.

That sounds depressing, is there no way out? he asked.

Most people dont give it much thought ; there is good karma and we reap the

harvest of the good we do. Then there are negative acts that create the karmic

webs automatically. People wonder why they suffer . They do not realize they

bring it upon themselves.

But there is a way out-- to go beyond the web of the mindlessness; the automatic

action and reaction. We need to be mindful of how we behave, and think and

speak, all the time she spoke. The way to solve a problem is to get out of that

web.

That is tough! How do I get out of my thought patterns? This is me, I cant be

otherwise he was frantic now.

There is a wayand it can be simple.These thought and energy patterns have

been there for a long, long time. They are called sanskaras and they imprison

us. They get us to act a certain way, they attract certain events and people in our

lives that further embed us into that karmic web. Meditation is the process that

can free us from the web ofthoughts she said.

Meditation! Im no monk or hermit; Im normal!


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Normally, you only use 10% of your brain its logical and reasoning functions.

When you meditate you want to maximize on the 90% of your higher faculties

and transcend physical limitations.

Hey that sounds cool!

Yes, turning down the volume on your left brain can be refreshing, letting go of

those 35,000 or so thoughtsto get away from wants and needs and musts and

should. First we sit and quiet down our senses, in a noise-free space. We allow

ourselves to go into that space of stillness within that not even our thoughts can

go into, she said.

and what happens in that silent space? he was curious

In that space we experience true freedom , away from the flurry of thoughts and

action, we are out of the imprisoning box of our own mind she shared.

In the depths of silence , in stillness, the Light can shine through. The Light is

always there but our noise blocks it. And when the Light is allowed to shine

through, in that silence, we are freed from the web, even for a brief moment

she said.

Silence can do that? he was incredulous.

The Silence of the Mind is powerful, much more than you can ever imagine.It is

here when the web breaks, we realize we are more than our body, in that space,

we are only sparks of that Light, souls that connect to that Source of all Light.

And all we do is sit in silence to access this Power? Hey ! That is COOL! Better

than a good trip with some stuff. You mean thats all I have to do? And all that can

happen?

Oh more than all that will happen, if you do it constantly, your energy patterns

will undergo a shift, away from all that karmic baggage. You will feel light when

the meltdown happens and happier than ever. Fresh and sparkling thoughts will

replace the worn out ones. Good things will come your way now that the blocks


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start to crumble; the good things that were always there for you but were

prevented from shining through.!

Oh wow ! When do I begin ? he asks, picking up the karma shirt.

NOW ! she replied.

AGNES PRIETO

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