making of the universe: determined actions

2/08/18

“The physical, astral, and mental bodies which the soul takes on for a new life-period are, as we have seen, the direct result of his past, and they form a most important part of this ripe karma.

They limit the soul on every side, and his past rises up in judgment against him, marking out the limitations which he has made for himself.

Cheerfully to accept these, and diligently to work at their improvement, is the part of the wise man, for he cnnot escape from them.

There is another kind of ripe karma that is of very serious importance – that of inevitable actions.

Every action is the final expression of a series of thoughts;

to borrow an illustration from chemistry, we obtain a saturated solution of thought by adding thought after thought of the same kind, until another thought – or even an impulse, a vibration, from without – will produce the solidification of the whole, the action which expresses the thoughts.

If we persistently reiterate thoughts of the same kind, say of revenge, we at least reach the point of saturation, and any impulse will solidify these into action and a crime results.

Or we may have persistently reiterated thoughts of help to another to the point of saturation, and when the stimulus of opportunity touches us they crystallize out as an act of heroism.”

 

Annie Besant