The Law of Karma prevails till a purpose is to serve <br />Handing out in just measure whatever we do deserve <br />Until we are not one with our own breath <br />The cycle repeats itself; birth and death <br /> <br />It surpasses every line of defense <br />Seems blind and brutal; but not to take offense <br />It is equal to all; it knows no difference <br />Subtly it works driven by Love immense <br /> <br />Else how can we explain a little babe born lame? <br />What has it done to deserve such blame? <br />Unfold the past; there lies the reason <br />Those in suffering, take heart, those are the chosen <br /> <br />The fruits of our actions are what we have in hand <br />We fret and fume because we fail to understand <br />Conscious actions; in our minds we ought to keep <br />Seers of yore have said, “What you sow, so you reap” <br /> <br />Karma sees to it that energy follows thought <br />Suffering can end if the mind is brought to naught <br />Self enquiry and contemplation transpires <br />What a waste it is to hold selfish desires <br /> <br />Any of our actions will never go in vain <br />Unknowingly we inflict upon another pain <br />There is no other; only a collective conscious Self <br />So what we do unto another, we do unto our self <br /> <br />The past need not project into the future <br />The present is the gift we are given to nurture <br />Accepting the present; the past it can dissolve <br />The purpose of Karma is this; that all of us evolve <br /> <br />19th Oct 2009<br /><br />Bindu Vidyadhar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/subtleties-of-karma/
