3 as one book - Kirpal Singh

7 2 THE HOLY PATHdeeds committed and coming under this heading bearfruit. The result of some of these we reap before we dieand the residue is transferred to the Sanchit storehouse.Karma is the cause of rebirth, and each birth is in turnfollowed by death. Thus the cycle of enjoyment and suffering,which are concomitants of birth and death, continues."As you think, so you become," is an unalterablelaw of nature, owing to which this Universe exists. Noamount of integrity or genius can absolve a man so longas there is the slightest trace of karma. Ignorance of thelaw is no excuse, and though there may be some concessionor relaxation with man-made laws under specialcircumstances, there is no such allowance made for thisin nature's laws. I'ra),er, confession and atonement maygive temporary mental relief but they cannot overcomekarma. .All karma must be wiped out completely beforepermanent salvation can be hadeHi'Similarly, the philosophy of karma too, has a specificplace in the system of spiritual science. But it should onno account be made to induce morbidity and breed a spiritof frustration among the initiates and non-initiates.Man is the maker of his own destiny. Though we cannotalter the past vet we can forge the future as best we may."Thus far and no further" is the deadline which theMaster draws for each one of us and it should on no accountbe transgressed."'Yt is our past karmic evolutionwhich moves us around under His divine will. We arebound within certain limits on account of past karmaand free within certain limits. We can make the best useof free karmas to change our course to proceed on our