The Will of God comes in two forms: Karma and Grace.
~
That simple principle answers many questions that have puzzled theologians throughout the ages.
~
The laws of physics are laws of karma. For every action, there is an equal reaction. What goes around comes around.
~
Why does God allow bad things to happen? Because karma lies in the domain of God’s Will. Simple… see?
~
Grace is the omnipresence
of God,
of love,
of Oneness,
of the unified field, infinite harmony, forgiveness, freedom.
~
Pick the word of your liking. A rose by any name is still a rose.
~
Ultimately, your will and God’s Will are one.
~
The only question: Is your will Karma or Grace?
~
The answer is up to you. You cultivate the life of your choosing.
© Michael Mamas. All rights reserved.
I love this, and think I understand that the more we meditate, the more our choices align with Grace rather than Karma.
The part I struggle with is the analogy of a billiard table, on which all the movements of the balls can be calculated if one can measure the variables. Does aligning more with Grace suggest our actions are less predictable or more predictable? Or is a move towards Grace part of that which is predictable?
Correct Lisa. When we meditate, we align with Grace which is infinitely free.
Billiard balls on a table are pure karma, not free, totally predetermined once the cue ball starts rolling. To illustrate Grace in the billiard table analogy… well, I guess that would be like body english actually working. Imagine if after you made your shot, you actually influenced the movement of the balls when you twisted your body as many player spontaneously try to do in billiards (and golf as well].
I see. The idea of body english in our analogy explains how meditation (or aligning with Grace) can soften the effect of Karma. Thank you so much!
Your sentence confuses me: “Why does God allow bad things to happen? Because karma lies in the domain of God’s Will.” So could we say:
Karma – living in pure action for action – is part of God. It is like basic God, you live his plan, your life, but without him. You are kind of bumbling around rudderless. Bad things happen, good things too, nothing makes much sense or difference. You have no hope.
Grace – living a life of action infused and in communion with the love and blessings of God – is a part of God also. It is like glorious God, you live his plan with him, God is alive in you – but bad things could still happen. But you are aware of your ground zero connection with God so that connection helps pull you through – softens the blow, helps you accept and move on? God isn’t doing bad things to get you, it is just a part of life. You are not a victim, have hope.
So, it is just free will to choose or not choose to know the God within you. Is that the idea sort of?
I watch the people of Japan and it breaks my heart to see such suffering. So if they live in grace or karma, it is still the same suffering, there is the earthquake and the results – there is karma, but it would be realized differently? According to their relationship with God? Thank you.
Karma is action. The laws of karma are the laws of acton… the laws of cause and effect. If you hit something [action], your hand hurts [reaction]. The laws of karma are part of Gods will….part of His creation.
Grace is also God’s will. It transcends karma. It is free. Living from that level, you are free to act in harmony. You become like a martial artist or surfer in the sense that you can gracefully ride the waves of whatever karmic waves come your way.
Most of your karma dwells within you as your thoughts and feelings. As you align with Grace, then more and more your thoughts and feelings are in harmony… in Grace. You then interact with karma gracefully, like a surfer surfing the waves on the ocean. Karma is still there, but you ride the waves with Grace. See? Grace is an attribute of the absolute. Karma is an attribute of the relative. In the state of enlightenment, the two are integrated. Like the tree trunk with the branches, the flow of motion is harmonious, even the the greatest karmic storm. To perceive harmony on this level requires great wisdom.