A reason, a season or a lifetime... karma and rebirth

 

“People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.  When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly.  They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually.  They may seem like a godsend, and they are.  They are there for the reason you need them to be.  Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.  Sometimes they die.  Sometimes they walk away.  Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand.  What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done.  The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on. “

A reason, a season or a lifetime. Fragment from Essay by Jean Dominque Martin.

 

I guess we had all come across this essay in different ways; in postcards, chain e-mail and websites. The words are so beautiful and when you read them, you believe them wholeheartedly...

From my Buddhist background, it does make a lot of sense and is the perfect showcase for karma and rebirth.

 

People come into your life for a reason…if you remember a couple of weeks ago; I mentioned the principle of interconnectivity… everything in this universe is interconnected, and as long as we are in this world, Samsara. We are bound to find each other more than once...

How do you explain the times  when you just meet somebody,  and you already feel like you know that person, or maybe that you love that person or you feel you don like that person, even before you even talk to them? It is fascinating. I truly believe that love at first sight is people who had been lovers in the past and now find themselves again in this lifetime.

 

On the same token, you realize that many times in your life, people come in the right moment and for a reason, isn’t? That is when Karma, the law of cause and effect comes crashing in…the past seed of your actions sprout and catches up with you. Sometimes is good, sometimes is bad, and sometimes is neutral.  The people that in the past we had angered or hurt come back into our present bringing us exactly a taste of our own medicine…

 

Please understand, karma is not punishment, it is just simply reaping the product of your past actions and behavior. The law of cause and effect has no judge, no jury or trial to condemn you. It is just like when you take ball and throw it up in the air, if you are not careful, it is going to come back and hit you on the head.

 

When you understand karma, you realize that you alone is your own judge. It is you that realize the wrong you had committed repent and makes amends. That is wisdom.

 

So for example, when people come into your life and criticize you, they are telling you of your forthcomings. Yes it is very hard to know we are not perfect. But if you listen to the lesson well, you realize how much we need to improve and become grateful to them. As we open our eyes to this life, we realize that we are continuously in a learning environment until you finally, become awakened and can see life as it is…

So when people come into your life. It is truly for a reason…they may be here to teach you, but don’t forget that as the coin has two sides, you are also in that people’s life for a reason…

So open your eyes….teach them well…

 

METTA

Dennis Estrada