Karma and God

What is Karma? Karma is an activity which all the human beings have to perform, until death releases them from this body prison. Man cannot live for a moment without doing Karma. Even while he is sleeping, the breathing process becomes his Karma. Karma is the cause of man's bondage to the cycle of birth and death. The life has been given to man to sort out the consequences of the previous Karma deliberately done, in many past lives, as well as in present life. Man cannot be liberated, until and unless he has sorted out and neutralised all effects of past and present Karma, and bringing the Karmic balance to nil.

Many times Kriya (natural activity), is being considered as Karma. Kriya is a natural activity, which we perform in our day-to-day life, without thinking, questioning or seeking anybody's advice. If you get a nature's call, you would immediately run to the toilet, without thinking or consulting anybody. Every morning we get up, brush our teeth, take bath, wear clothes and go to work, or go to the garden, take some exercises, and do many more such acts. Such acts are known as Kriya. They do not bind us to the 'Law of Karma'. Karma is the action or activity, deliberately done, with full knowledge and intention of the doer, and also in expectation of certain results in consequences thereof. This kind of Karma binds man to the causes and effects of the 'Law of Karma' .

There are three types of Karmas. Instant Karma, which brings instant result. (Such as when you slap someone in the face and he slaps you back, or you offer a glass of water to someone and somebody else offers you a glass of water. They are action and reaction are instantly neutralized leaving no balance behind).

The Mass Karma (Natural calamities like a plane crash, train accidents, earthquake, floods or cyclone, etc.) and the Delayed Karma which baffles the human beings most because its consequence is not instant and immediate, but takes a much longer time to appear. The seed needing to be planted, the soil to get fertilized, and the tree to grow before its fruit can ripen. By the time this whole process gets over, the past actions are totally erased from the memory, and the person is confused when he gets the fruit of his past actions. But be very sure that whatever you shall sow, so you shall reap. The same theory applies to the 'Law of Karma'.