Get Your Karma Right

In Sanskrit, Karma means action. It has the same meaning as that of Newton’s third law of motion which states that “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”. Our thoughts, words and actions trigger a reactive force. It is possible to change, modify, or suspend this reactive force, but it is not possible to eliminate it. This cause and effect law should not be made use of for punishing people, but used for imparting education and learning. There is no escape from the consequences of our actions, but we will suffer only if we make the conditions conducive for our suffering. Irrespective of whether the man or universe has created the laws, ignorance is not an excuse. If you want to know as to how you can do away with fear and feel empowered, please read on.

As they say, what goes around, comes around, so follow these 12 laws of karma and you will change your life forever.

#1: Great Laws
• Another cause and effect law is “As you sow, so shall you reap”.
• What you give to the Universe is what you get back.
• If you want love, happiness, peace and friendship, then you should be loving, happy, peaceful and a true friend to others.

#2: Creation Laws
• Life does not happen just like that, your participation is essential.
• Both inside and outside, we are a part of the Universe. We get clues for our inner state from whatever that surrounds us.
• You can be yourself. Surround yourself with those things that you badly want in your Life.

#3: Humility Laws
• Whatever you refrain from accepting will have to continue for you.
• If you look at someone as an enemy or as having a character trait which you think is negative, then you are not focusing on higher levels of existence.

#4: Growth Laws
• If you continue to carry the thoughts about your past actions, you will have to deal with them for life.
• If you want to grow, you must change. It is not the people, things or places around you that is to be changed.
• In our lives, the only given thing is ourselves. We have control only over ourselves.
• As we bring about a change in ourselves from within as to who as well as what we are, our life will also change.
 
#5: Responsibility Laws
• If something is wrong with my life, then something is wrong with me.
• The universal truth is that we mirror what surrounds us and vice versa.
• We must take the responsibility for what we have in our lives.
 
#6: Connection Laws
• Some things that we do may seem to be inconsequential, but it is important that it is done because in this universe everything is linked.
• One step leads you to the next one and it goes on and on.
• Someone has to initiate the work to get the job done.
• Both the first step and the last step are equally important. They are essential to complete a task.
• Our past, present and future are all connected.

#7: Focus Laws
• It is not possible for you to think about two things at a given time.
• When we focus on spiritual values, we cannot entertain lower thoughts like greed or anger.

#8: Giving and Hospitality Laws
• We will be asked sometime in our lives to demonstrate what we truly believe in.
• It is here that we actually practice whatever we claim to have learned.

#9: Here and Now Laws
• If you look backward to examine the problem, you cannot be totally present here and now.
• If you entertain old thoughts, patterns of behavior and dreams, then you cannot have new ones.

#10: Laws of Change
• History repeats itself till we learn the lesson that we have to take a different path.

#11: Patience and Reward Laws
• Initial toil is essential for all rewards.
• Toiling patiently and persistently helps you to get lasting rewards.
• True joy comes to us when we do what we are supposed to do and wait for rewards to come by themselves.

#12: Significance and Inspiration laws
• What you get back from anything is what you have given to it.
• The direct result of putting intent and energy into something is realization of its true value.
• Each and every personal contribution adds to the whole contribution.
• Lackluster contributions do not impact the whole. They are also not capable of diminishing it.
• Contributions made with love do not only bring life to the whole, but also inspires it.

How many of these karma laws do you follow?

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Formation of Perceptions

In the Yoga Sutra Pattanjali dedicates one whole section to the mind. This section deals with the concept of perception. It suggests that we see an event and create a perception. This then becomes our reality, however, we may well have deceived ourselves in the view we took to gain that perception. Yet although we may perceive an event quite incorrectly, these impressions in the mind can be very difficult to change.

Perceptions become unconscious responses to events. They run our lives, sabotaging relationships, businesses, health and success.

The Yoga Sutra acknowledges that all we see, hear and think in our mind is real—there is no difference between reality and imagination: all combines to make up our perception of life. These perceptions of life, whether experienced in reality or in our imagination, are not differentiated. We are therefore run by perception.

There are two levels of perception, the external and the internal. One from the mind or subconscious and the other from a deeper place. The goal of Yoga is to clear aside the surface perceptions of the subconscious mind long enough for the inner perception to become clear. This inner perception is referred to as truth, inner knowing or higher self. It creates certainty, knowing and fulfilment in our lives.

Four main elements create our outer perceptions.

• The ego, or comparative perception, which always wants to be better than another.
• The demanding perception which seeks pleasure, wanting to re-create good feelings and pleasurable situations
• The avoiding perception which tries to keep away from pain. Stems from a belief that something bad has happened and tries to avoid it ever happening again. This causes us to reject things we know little about.
• The fear perception which is afraid that we will be judged, may be wrong, will grow old, or may miss something. This all culminates in a feeling of uncertainty and doubt.

We fear only the future, we have guilt only of the past. Yoga’s objective is to bring us into
the moment where we are fully present. In this state, neither fear nor guilt exist.

When we act on the basis of these outer perceptions we will make moves that do not come from our heart. It is called unconsciousness, or being in the head or out of the moment, i e not present. Such action creates chains of events which eventually bring us to question the basis on which we are making decisions and living our lives, and this leads us eventually back to our heart.

When we see and feel from within we experience no tension and no agitation. We feel calm and unmoved; our heart can stay open and we are therefore free to be fully present. We are, in that time, our true self.

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Personal Effectiveness Skills

Communicate effectively
Ability to write
Ability to express thoughts clearly
Ability to relate with co-workers, supervisor(s)
Ability to provide excellent customer service
Ability to listening
Ability to speak in public
Ability to make an oral presentation
Ability to write a report or critical summary
Ability to learn and use the terminology of the industry/organization

Work and lead groups
Ability to ask questions
Ability to learn and understanding work culture
Ability to delegate authority if necessary
Ability to take the lead on issues or projects
Ability to work with others on a common project or issue
Ability to maintain self-control
Ability to respect diversity
Ability to be tactful and diplomatic in difficulty situations
Ability to keep information confidential
Ability to be flexible and adaptable when working with others
Ability to use mature, sound judgement when addressing issues
Ability to be dependable and reliable
Ability to understand and practice good business etiquette

Problem-solve with innovation
Ability to think creatively
Ability to analysis critically
Ability to identify problems
Ability to solve problems
Ability to research using a variety of resources
Ability to initiate and complete projects
Ability to analysis quantitatively

Be proficient with technology
Collect and organize information
Understand uses of software/hardware
Adapt to new hardware and/or software
Teach others to use hardware/software
Learn new hardware/software
Enhance or improve currently used software programs
Create or develop databases, webpages, etc.

PERSONAL QUALITIES REQUIRED FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS
Entrepreneurial drive
Take initiative
Be curious
Suggest ideas
Work independently
Be dependable
Be responsible
Practice good time management
Effectively prioritize tasks
Be self-motivated

Integrity and personal responsibility
Practice good business etiquette skills
Tact/diplomacy
Respect diversity
Practice confidentiality
Maintain self-control
Flexible
Mature
Dependable
Reliable
Trustworthy
Accept constructive criticism
Use good judgement based on facts
Utilize conflict management skills