Karma is action. Before an action starts, there are thoughts, which are propelled by emotions: actions follow your emotions. Karma therefore, is the manifestation of an emotion which has led to a re-action, but the action has firstly been initiated by a thought.

Your actions affect the outer world, but your actions also affect your inner world. Actions are driven by the outer world, ie by what happens to you. For example, your response to a job loss, to an argument, even to a happy occasion are all reactions to external events. Your re-action to whatever happens to you will write your future. Because of that, you are personally responsible for what tomorrow may bring. Whatever you re-act to, or take action on, will lead to a future outcome. If the reaction is negative, sometime in the future there will be a negative consequence. If the reaction is positive, the future will bring a positive consequence.

Whatever the action is, even if it is negative, we must take full responsibility for it. Karma becomes a sword with two edges: it is an action that will return to you, but it is also an action that affects others, in a positive or negative way.

Life is short, compared to universal time. We’re too busy not paying attention to the relationship between our outer world and our inner world; too busy forming opinions, and not being accountable for decisions we have made. The outer world does not last, it is temporary. Your inner world stays with you forever. So, work on your thoughts and emotions, to foster positive action and positive results.

If the inner world is conquered, karma will be a positive force. Once you do this, you will discover your heaven within.