making of the universe: three kinds of karma

2/07/18

“This general principle that the force belongs to the plane on which it is generated is one of far-reaching import.

If it be liberated with the motive of gaining physical objects, it works on the physical plane and attaches the actor to that plane.

If it aim at devachanic objects, it works on the devachanic plane and attaches the actor thereto.

If it has no motive except the divine service, it is set free on the spiritual plane, and therefore cannot attach the individual, since the individual is asking for nothing.

The three kinds of karma.

Ripe karma is that which is ready for reaping and which is therefore inevitable. Out of all the karma of the past there is a certain amount which can be exhausted within the limits of a single life;

there are some kinds of karma that are so incongruous that they could not be worked out in a single physical body, but would require very different types of body for their expression;

there are liabilities contracted towards other souls, and all these souls will not be in incarnation at the same time;

there is karma that must be worked out in some particular nation or particular social position, while the same man has other karma that needs an entirely different environment.”

 

Annie Besant