Chapter 15
THE LAW OF KARMA AND DHARMA
Let right deeds be thy motive, not the fruit which comes from them.Bhagavad Gita 2:47, trans. K. T. Telang, 1882
Finally, a word of caution: all your thoughts, imaginings, and creative visualizations must be only for good — whether for yourself or for other people. Never, ever be tempted to use these powers to harm another. If you do, the universal Law of Cause and Effect — of which karma is an integral aspect — will most surely operate against you, and either in this life or a future one you will have to pay the price. This is not intended to be a system of punishment, as with a court of law. The simple fact is that every cause has its corresponding effect — positive, negative, or neutral — and karma is no more than the causation of the Law of Attraction, which ensures that no being can be the cause of anything negative without experiencing the corresponding effect. Note that we use the word “experiencing” rather than “suffering.” Everyone is here to experience and to evolve, not to suffer — suffering being a human construct based on a perception relative to the self and the ego. The universe operates under the influence of the most powerful force there is, unconditional love, and that applies to every aspect of human evolution, indeed to the evolution of the entire universe and all beings, all expressions of God.
All prophecy is fluid and changeable; the future is not set in stone. The reason is simple: we create our own reality through our collective thinking (the mass consciousness). What a prophet “sees” is only one of the probable outcomes of our future. If we do not like what the prophet has to say, we have the power to change it.