Many of us may know that "Karma" is to be punished for the bad that we have done – "Do bad, get bad". But many may not know that "Karma" is also our ticket out of this hell.
The reason why anyone is here on earth is because of his Karma. For as long as we keep doing bad and thinking unkindly, Karma sends us back to earth to pay our dues. So it is no wonder than that life should be filled with suffering. After all, we are all here only to serve a sentenced after we have been judged.
But here's the good news, just as our past misdeeds brought all of us here (earth) to suffer, by reversing the whole process get us out of this suffering. This means, by thinking and doing good selflessly, man gets to exhaust his Karma.
So, Karma brought us here, Karma also sets us free.
How have we understood "Karma"?
"Karma" is not something scarry or mystical. "Karma" simply means "Work" or "Deed" in Sanskrit, and "Yoga" means "Union with the Divine". So, this in the Hindus Scriptures is called "Karma Yoga".
Hence, in order for man to end this cycle of rebirths known as "Samsara" in Sanskrit, man has to do selfless work as an offering to the Lord. This is the way out. This is what puts us on the path of achieving our ultimate goal – "Moksha" or "Liberation".
"Moksha" is nothing more than being free from the 'bondages' that we have created in life. We have become "attached" to the things and people in our lives. When we can free ourselves from this bondage, that is "Moksha". It is something to be achieved while we are still alive.
As the man who has a leash attached to his cattle, so does the cattle have a leash attached to their owner. So, we created our bondages and now we are crying for freedom.
When "Karma" is exhausted – "Moksha" is achieved.
Who made "Karma"?
In as much as man tries to deny the existence of a greater force, he thinks that he is the doer and achiever of everything on earth. But, what about "Karma" itself? Who created it?
The One who created it certainly cannot be a mortal, because it is a prison sentence for all mortals.
So, it is interesting to know that what brought is here to suffer, is also the same thing that can end our suffering – "Karma Yoga"; and the "Moksha" or "Liberation" or "Freedom" we are craving for, is nothing more than Moksha or liberation from our present way of thinking.
