Karma: Why Everything You Know About It Is Wrong

by Acharya Prashant

So, something has been happening with you over the last one month, let’s say, and you narrate the entire story to someone. If that someone is wise, he will ask, ‘All right, what is the net result of all this that has been happening with you?’ And you say, ‘Well, the net result is . . .’ He will say, ‘Okay, I will help you out. Compared to one month back, how have things changed for you right now? What has changed?’ And you will say, ‘All right, now that’s easier to answer. These are the three things that have changed over that last one month.’ Then that someone will tell you, ‘It is with the intention of changing these three things that you have been acting the way you have over the last one month. It is not that your actions have coincidentally brought about this result; it is because you wanted this result deep within, hence you have been acting the way you have been acting. You are just fulfilling your deep desires.’