12 Nov 2006
Dear Brother,
The Supreme Soul comes and teaches the philosophy of karma (action), akarama (neutral action), vikarma (sinful action). The one who teaches is above all of these but has knowledge about them. He says that this Law of Karma is connected with the stage the soul is in whilst performing actions. That is why He teaches us to perform actions in soul-consciousness, where the soul does not accumulate sin. He says that even a charitable action performed in bodyconciousness (e.g. ego of recognition) becomes a sinful action.
There is no one to be blamed in this eternal world drama. We aim for such a world where these occurrences will not happen. No one will beat anyone, no one will be beaten himself, no one will pass away without taking part.
What I have read in the newspaper, I don’t know if a human mind can make up something more pervert than what has happened in practical.
“A drunk man raped a small girl in a wheelchair and three mothers witnessed these act from their windows.”
It’s practical knowledge, and each time we should decide the best way to act and we will decide in the best way, according to the drama.
At first glance one would like to help. One is even astonished as to why others did not help. For me the Law of Karma is new. I believe it is understood wrongly many times and accepted as unjust.
When the soul is pure it has no account to settle and accumulates no account and this last for many years. One should always, I believe, think of temporary benefit and loss and permanent benefit and loss. Now all souls have accumulated hundredfold sins on their heads from many births in the past and it is the time for complete settlement for everyone. This becomes possible only because the Supreme Soul who is not bound to the circle of accumulation and settling comes.
Sometimes we try to settle something but make it more profound of an account.
I have new perceptions about this law again and again. Baba says that vikarma is the karma that goes opposite and makes others sorrowful. It is difficult to try and see how would these gangsters have given happiness to this person. But we never know, e.g. when someone acts under direction he does not accumulate as much as the one who gives the direction. If you act out of a feeling of a duty it is different. If you act out of an influence of a vice it is different. And these changes the act itself and it’s results. But it is for sure that whatever we receive we deserve.
We don't know the past of this man nor the future. This may have saved him from something worse. Always better things are to happen then what we think. That's why lately I was very happy when I realized that I will receive exactly what I deserve. I'll not be happy if I receive less. I’ll have a feeling of being deprived. I'll not be happy either if I receive more, because I’ll feel it like I gift I don't deserve. I'll be receiving exactly what is meant for me, and I’ll be happy with only this and nothing else. And I'll always be myself. There cannot be a lie. I may fool myself about who I am, but finally i will be happy with only myself, I'll be revealed to myself, and I can never be someone else. My part cannot vanish.
However, the matter is about the observer. I know from experience that if one beats you it depends on you how to take it. Sometimes if you interfere they become even more furious. Sometimes better tolerate the small thing. If you cut them then they get more furious and make up a plan to kill you.
There is only one painless method for taking sins away. If we could help the man with the power of thoughts, the better. How many such beatings and killings occur throughout the whole world, but because they are not in front of our eyes, then we don't recognize and realize. How much power we should have in our mind to liberate all of these souls from their sorrows and sufferings forever, means for half the Kalpa?
We will be witnessing many, many such cases in future I believe, many terrible situations we will have to face and we should train ourselves to not be afraid. If we suffer whilst watching suffering I don't know if it is right. I believe compassionate heart can make a big wonder sometimes, at other times can dupe you and lead one to downfall, e.g. why was Sita kidnapped? She liked to help the poor beggar. Sometimes we help someone and he gives something bad in return. I believe the main effort is to stay ourselves OK. What we pay attention on is what we ourselves give and what we receive. We receive something bad as something good. Is it possible that the one who is beaten is even more happy after being beaten, then before? Maybe it is possible. It depends on how he takes it. This way if you go and stop the beating you deprive him of happiness.
For example I've witnessed how the people going to the hospital are more stressed from their sickness then sick of their sickness, so the first thing the doctor has to do is to calm them down. Similarly, one can even have a heart attack just because someone just has had an intention to beat him, another one can see it as a test to his tolerance power and be happy with a good healthy beating. If we can do it (help) whilst maintaining a high stage, then, well, oho, it is the best of all. One can even make the gangsters laugh and the poor beaten person laugh. If we ourselves get furious looking at furious acts is this correct?
This long post is not to prove that there is not one answer. The answer is ... you are free to judge yourself, think of losses an benefit etc. and act.