Karma

I participated in an on-line forum where someone asked if he would receive punishment as a result from his hating someone. He was somewhat a believer of the law of karma.

Below is my answer. I think they might make sense to some.

Whether you believe karma or not, I believe our consciousness would still tell us what emotions of ours are positive and what are negative. Emotions that make us happy, light, uplifted, inspired and give us sound sleep are positive emotions whereas emotions such as hatred, envy, jealousy…I can’t imagine they can bring us any of those aforementioned feelings.

When we experience negative emotions, it’s not a matter of having reasons and justifications to back up those negative emotions (I am sure we are all very capable of doing that); rather, it’s a matter of "do unto others as you would have others do unto you" as an application of law of karma. If you don’t like being hated, then hating others is just not right. Make sense?

The Universe is pure energy. So are we. Negative emotions such as hatred suck our energy and bring us down. If we are trapped in negative emotions, it’s very harmful to us because we are ‘poisoned’ and ‘de-energised’. Rather than looking for people to blame; the healthy approach is to look inside for answers such as: have we mastered the skill of letting go? Have we learnt the power of forgiveness? Forgiveness doesn’t just mean to forgive our enemies. We sometimes need to learn to forgive ourselves.

Every negative emotion is a learning opportunity for us. The point lies in what we can learn from it in our spiritual growth, as only when we have learnt how to deal with our negative emotions can we achieve peace and true happiness.