Sin is bad. Simply it's called fruits of karma. So believing in karma means believing that good thing comes to good person and bad things comes to those who is bad. In another context or sense karma also means perpetual succession of cause and effect where every effect is a new cause.

1. KARMA
‟For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”

2. CAN’T AVOID
• Karma is energy, which in itself is neither good nor bad; these are just
the labels people choose to attach to it. The energy created by an
action has to be returned: “As yea sow so shall yea reap.” It cannot
be avoided.
• Actions, memories, and desires are the Karmic software that run your
life.

3. WHO AM I ???
• Your spiritual path involves releasing the Karma that is clouding your
awareness, allowing you to remember who you really are. Of course,
releasing Karma doesn’t mean you lose all your memories and desires;
it means you lose your attachment to them and are no longer held
under their influence.
• As the great seer Adi Shankara said, “I use memories but I don’t
allow them to use me.”

4. Make Conscious Choices
• Your choices also determine the quality of new Karma being created
and stored to be released as future events in your life. It’s important,
therefore, to be conscious of the choices you are making and ask
yourself:
• Do these choices serve me and those who may be affected by them?
Are my decisions coming from my heart and higher self or my ego?

5. Forgive
• This an important aspect of your spiritual
growth. First, accept that what has
happened has happened.
• Then, see if you can, without judgment or
evaluation, understand why it happened.
• Finally, try to forgive whoever you feel
may have harmed you; it’s always possible
to forgive the person even if you cannot
forgive the act.

6. Foster Gratitude
• Forgiveness is hard for most people, and gratitude can also be
challenging.
• However, if you believe that everything that happens to you is past
Karma being released, then each time you release Karma, it is gone.
Isn’t that cause for celebration? Try to be grateful for everything in
your life.

7. Look for Growth Opportunities
• Any challenging situation gives you two choices. You can see the
situation as a problem and waste your life complaining about it, or
you can recognize that it happened and ask, “How can I learn and
grow from this?”
• If you see it as a problem, you can get drawn into lower energy, which
recreates the same Karmic energy, and you make no progress. Looking
for growth opportunities allows you to release the Karma and remain
free to move ahead on your spiritual journey.

8. Does Astrology is a Remedy YES or NO
• An astrological chart gives a picture of your
Karmic probabilities. A competent astrologer
can interpret your chart and give you advice
concerning the possible effects Karma will play
in different areas and at different times of your
life.
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a spiritual teacher,
used to say, “Everything is set but everything
can be changed.” Astrology gives you the
insight to make the necessary changes. As the
Yoga Sutras say, “Avert the danger which has
not yet come.”

9. DHARMA
• Vedanta says that if you understand
Dharma and Karma, you will know
everything. Dharma is usually defined as
purpose or truth.
• When you find your true purpose in life
and live in total alignment with that,
your actions will become spontaneously
correct and you will never create Karma.

10. MEDITATION
• With regular practice, you begin to live from that level of infinite
possibilities instead of the limited possibilities created by Karma.
Meditation realigns you with your true self, leads you back to your
true purpose (Dharma) and allows you to “wash” away Karma on all
levels.
• Commitment to your spiritual path is the key to escaping from the
Karmic prison you have created for yourself—and to enjoy unbounded
freedom in every moment.

11. Thanks to the Author
Roger Gabriel (Raghavanand)
Chopra Center Educator
• Born in Liverpool, England, Roger Gabriel spent his formative years in the
United Kingdom and first learned meditation there in the early 1970s. It
instantly became his passion and he soon trained to be a meditation teacher
under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. After moving to the U.S., Roger began
studying Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of health care. In 1985, while
helping to establish centers for Ayurveda and meditation, he met and
became friends with Deepak Chopra. Since then, Roger has assisted Deepak
with numerous training programs, seminars, and workshops; taught
thousands of people on all continents to meditate