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way he did. In the Bible under John 14:6, He said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
For me, this means that we should follow his teachings. If we look at his teachings according to the Bible, he did not hate anyone. So we should love everyone as ourselves. Do no harm to others. All are equal in God's sight because we all come from Him and are therefore part of Him. When we see that we are all one coming from the whole, then how can we wreak havoc on anything else God has made? Jesus was, according to the Bible, good to everyone he met and saw no one who was above love.
Karma means we need to forgive ourselves and go on living. Keeping our spirit clear for positive energy makes the soul grow. A strong active will and a desire for a pure heart are our best protections against negative energies that cause the soul to backslide. Sometimes we have to experience the unwanted energies of life in order to know the wanted ones. Without knowledge of what is bad for us, how can we acknowledge the good in our lives?
God did not make good and evil. Man did. We need to experience it in our lives in order to learn. Man gets bored so easily that he needs varied experiences to become more enlightened.
Even with believing in reincarnation, I do not believe in pre-destiny. Pre-destiny is putting a life challenge in place and having no choice but to live it. With Karma, there are always choices. Karma is cause and effect, which creates intelligence. Wisdom eases Karma.
Karma is with you always. It never leaves you. Whatever you do or wherever you are, it is there. Like a shadow, it follows us into the future making like situations so we can learn from what we consider our mistakes. In my philosophy, there are no mistakes, only learning experiences.
We are mirrors, waiting to reflect our image on others. We get what we give. Individually, we are all part of the whole. When a person, as an individual, starts to think that he can be dreadful to others without repercussions, then he is ignorant to
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