The Fundamental Rationale of the Law of Karma

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The law of karma is not some far-fetched mysterious concept beyond the reach of both logic and common sense. Instead, the rational foundation for this infallible law is quite easy to grasp; because the law of karma holds that when you exercise your freewill by any means and for what ever reasons, it’s imperative that the fruits generated by your exercise of that freewill be faithfully delivered to you, by the unfailing and expeditious delivery express of the universe called karma.

When you exercise your freewill by triggering a thought, speech, emotion or an action, corresponding vibrations are set into motion, which invariably gravitate towards the object of your freewill. Once these vibrations reach the object of your freewill, the corresponding magnitude of consequences are generated, which eventually rebound to you the person who orchestrated such vibrations through your exercise of freewill.

When a farmer sows apple seeds, that deed by itself instructs the law of karma that the farmer is desirous of apple fruits. Ultimately, this faithful law delivers apple fruits to the farmer who sowed those apple seeds. Suppose the farmer sows apple seeds and ends up reaping mango fruits, this would be deemed unfair because the farmer’s freewill has not been respected. It’s only when the farmer harvests the exact fruits of the seeds he sowed that he actually understands that his freewill is valid and faithful to his demands. 

                           Farmer who sowed orange seeds harvesting orange fruits

The law of karma is not a mechanism designed to offer rewards or dish out punishment. Indeed, the law of karma never examines the moral content or quality of the fruits yielded by your exercise of freewill. It simply delivers results, with the highest degree of faithfulness and rigour.

Veritably, the law of karma is akin to a supermarket teller, who never ever questions your choice of the items contained in your shopping basket. The duty of the supermarket teller is to pack up your selected items and faithfully hand them to you. The teller never questions why you have selected a particular item and not the other. In the like manner, life is tantamount to a vast supermarket with an extensive spectrum of choices.

                      You choose goods from the supermarket of the universe

          Like karma, the supermarket cashier simply packs your chosen goods

 The type of items you select in the supermarket of life is a matter of your freewill and absolute discretion. Once you have exercised your freewill by selecting your preferred goods in the vast supermarket of life, this universal supermarket teller called karma, simply packs up the goods and faithfully hands them to you; without judgement, criticism or objection. Therefore, the law of karma can be viewed as a servant of freedom of choice. It’s truly a faithful attendant of your freedom of choice.

Hence, whenever you exercise your freewill by mobilising a thought, speech, emotion or deed, then you have, in effect, set into motion a cause, which then translates into effects that accrue to you. Therefore, we exercise our freewill by setting into motion a cause; and the fruits of the freewill so exercised, return to us in the form of effects. It’s for this reason that the law of karma is also called the law of cause and effect.

The rigour, immutability and infallibility of this impeccable law of karma warrants that the consequences stemming from a particular cause, are such that those causes and their consequences are reconciled in mathematical exactitude; such that this law can be interpreted in the light of Newton’s third law of motion, which states that: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Or that: action and reaction are equal in magnitude but opposite in effect.

This law of karma constitutes an imperative theme in virtually every religion, with only slight differential in their respective styles of articulation; but without an alteration of the fundamental basis for this faithful servant of nature.For more writings by this author, click here.