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in the middle of the room, closing her eyes in the belief
that since she cannot see you, you must also not be able to
see her. People also live like this, assuming that just because
they don’t “believe” in the law of karma it doesn’t affect
them. Yet, although our eyes may be closed, the Almighty
God can still see us, and His law of karma “catches” us
regardless of where we are.
There is a beautiful story in which a guru is deciding which of
his three disciples should inherit his large ashram and estate.
To each he gives an apple and instructs his disciples to go, eat
the apple where no one can see them, and then to return. He
who returns first, having successfully completed the task, will
receive the ashram.
revered Guruji, I have failed in my task. I climbed to the highest
mountain, I descended into the depths of the Earth. I went into
open fields and into closed, constricted burrows. However, there
was nowhere I could eat my apple, for regardless of where I
was, I could see the eyes of the Lord watching me.” The Guru
smiled at his disciple and said, “My child, you are the one who
shall inherit my ashram, for only you know the omniscience
and omnipresence of God. He can see in the darkest darkness.
He can see to the highest peak. He can see near and far. He can
see even that to which we, ourselves, are blind.”
So, in the same way, there is no way we can escape the
eyes of karma or the law of rebirth. Thus, through these
laws, God has given us both a never-ending, continuous
chance of self-improvement and also an inescapable
equation by which we always reap what we sow.
So, 2 hours later, the first disciple runs back, breathless. He
says, “Oh Guruji, am I the first back? I have climbed to the top
of the highest mountain. It was so high that even animals cannot
Third, another important point of rebirth is to fulfill
live there. There, on the peak of the highest mountain, out of
unfulfilled desires. As long as we have desires for anything
sight of all humans and animals, I ate the apple.” The Guru
other than God, we cannot attain liberation. In fact,
just nods his head.
liberation is the freedom from all desires. Thus, until our
mind becomes desireless, we will continue to engage
Later that evening the second disciple returns. He says, “Guruji,
ourselves in actions to fulfill these desires. These actions
I went into a cave deep in the ground. Down deep below the
are what lead to karma – both good and bad – and thus
surface of the Earth, in the darkness of the cave, I ate the apple.
bind us in the chains of birth and death. Thus, through
Not even a worm could see me, as I was so deep that not even
rebirth we continue to live until we realize that God is the
a ray of light could penetrate.” The Guru nodded.
The night passed and the third disciple did not return. Finally,
thing worth desiring. Then, falling in surrender at His holy
feet, we begin the path toward desirelessness and liberation.
the following afternoon, more than 24 hours after the Guru
Thus, the most important purpose and reason of
had given the assignment, the third disciple walked in, slowly,
rebirth is to attain liberation, to become one with God.
with his head hanging low. He looked up shamefully at the Guru
People can go astray in one life. People can choose paths
and placed the apple back into the Guru’s hands. He said, “My
of passion instead of piety, paths of decadence instead of
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