ULTIMATELY, WHOM DOES KARMA BELONG TO?

To understand the A to Z of Karma, one must be very clear, therefore, as to whom the Karma actually belongs to. The doer of Karma is the body. Does Karma belongs the body? The director of an action is the Mind and Ego, ME. Is it ME who owns the Karm? Some people even believe that Karma belongs to the Soul. They think there are good souls and bad souls, that our Soul will go to heaven or hell based on its Karma. They don’t realize that the Soul is a particle of God Energy. It does not do Karma, accumulate Karma or is reborn based on Karma. The Soul is birthless and deathless. It gives power to the one who takes birth and gives breath and life till they are alive on earth. The moment the Soul departs, there is death.

While we are clear about birth and death, and we are now clear that Karma does not belong to the Soul, who does Karma ultimately belong to? It seems like Karma belongs to the body, because Karma is action, and it is the body that is doing an action. But in reality, does Karma belong to the body? Suppose I, the ego, am very upset, very angry and feel like taking revenge on somebody who has wronged me. I send my office boy to my enemy, with some poisoned food. The delivery boy delivers the package and my anger is avenged. Who does the Karma belong to, the delivery boy who delivered the poisoned food, or to me? Not the me, the body that I seem to be, but the ME, the Mind and Ego that directed the sinister action to poison and to kill. Therefore, we must realize beyond doubt, that while Karma is done by the body, it is owned by the mind and the ego. While it appears that Karma belongs to the body, the Truth is that Karma belongs to the Mind and Ego, ME, that directs all actions. Is this the ultimate Truth or is there something beyond?

Those who are in the preliminary study of Karma understand very clearly that the body does not have any Karma. It does Karma for the Mind and Ego, ME, just as it suffers along with ME. The Karma belongs to ME, not to the body. Those who go into an in-depth study, also realize that Karma does not belong to the Soul. They are enlightened with this realization. As long as we live with ignorance, we create Karma through the body and the Karma belongs to the Mind and Ego, ME and we suffer again and again for our Karma. Of course, we will also be rewarded for our good deeds. But every time we take birth on earth, we will experience the triple suffering of the body, mind and ego. Even thought we may do good Karma, there is no way of escaping suffering on earth. The only way to escape from suffering is the Realization that we are not even the Mind and Ego, ME that is directing action. The moment we Realize the Truth of ‘Who am I?’ we are liberated from all Karma and all suffering, just as we are liberated from rebirth.

When we realize that we are not the body nor are we the mind and ego that is creating Karma, we are the Divine Soul, then there is no Karma in our account. We become a Karma Yogi, an instrument of God, our actions are inspired by God, and we seek nothing from our actions. In this case, we are liberated from Karma, from suffering and from rebirth.