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Chapter Fourteen
Karma and Reincarnation
According to Buddhist philosophy, Karma means the sum total of one's actions, whether good or bad.
There are three kinds of human action related to Karma: mental, verbal and physical. Your future depends on how you concentrate those actions now.
Each of these actions creates in life what you expect of yourself. You are the sum total of those actions. As you think, speak and move, you are.
With any spirituality there has to be a consequence of one's actions. In my spiritual reality I believe in Karma.
The Bible says what you sow is what you reap. In essence, this is true. The point that many people make-which I do not agree with--is that you are going to be judged by a God who sits on a throne with his pencil ready to mark you off and send you to hell. You are the judge of you! As your worst critic, it is up to you to review your life and decide what area of your life needs improvement. Then you will go about making challenges to encourage the soul's evolution.
These actions do not dictate whether a person will face heaven or hell. They only serve to teach the individual who is living those actions. There is no sin, only education. Your reward is that you become more "Godlike" in caring for
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