How does raaga(likes) and dvesha(dislikes) become an impression ?

Question: JGD Ektaji, About Ragaa and Dwesha, it is natural to have a feeling of like and dislike.  Is it a problem if we have a ragaa and dwesha as a fleeting impression or something that lasts few hours or a day etc. I understand rubbing the impression in creates the karma but just a […]

Can your thoughts change your karma ?

Question: I read a book called “The Secret”. In that book, the author says that whatever is your dominant thought and whatever you visualize you attract that in your life. So does it mean your thoughts can change your Karma? Answer: The ‘Law of attraction’ says, ‘Whatever you think, so shall you be’. If your […]

Love is independent of attachment

  Question: If I am going to have a baby soon, am I going to build more karma? Because I know I am going to have an emotional attachment, or how can I deal with this situation, how can I give 100 percent affection without being emotionally attached? Answer: Love is your basic nature. You […]

Do we accumulate karma if we scold loved ones or try to correct them when they do something wrong?

Question: Do we accumulate karma if we scold loved ones or try to correct them when they do something wrong? Answer: Again Karmas are not caused out of the action or thought, but Karmas are caused by the attachment/emotion associated with the action or thought. Therefore, if you scold a child to prevent him from […]

The trap of Maaya

Question: Dear Ektaji, why do we respect only greatness? Why do we set goals by comparing with bigger and better only? However our benchmarks of Greatness keep changing as we ourselves evolve, and we keep chasing one or other desires. What is a right way to look upon people, their work and its importance, and […]

KARMA!

Question: Please explain the sentences Excerpt 1 -The space is not afflicted by any action. Similarly, you are free from karma.  Answer: Look around you right now. You are surrounded by space from all angles. Can you touch the space around you? Can you wet the space around you? Can anyone stain space? No! Space is not […]