Know the Real Spiritual Meaning of Karma: As Explained in Bhagavad Gita
karma and the subconscious exist, and they play their own game. Karma is the cause and effect chain: the ball goes up, it comes down. But whether the ball goes up or down, you remain free. The material world follows this cause-effect chain, but you are not material. For example, if you exercised hard yesterday, your body might ache today, which is karma in action. But let the body ache; you must not become mentally or spiritually sick. The physical consequences don’t affect your inner freedom. Let the fruits of karma be for the one who was the doer of the karma.
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Questioner: What is karma? Does the subconscious exist?
Acharya Prashant: Yes, they exist. They play their own game. You are talking about karma. The ball goes up, the ball comes down. But when the ball goes up, you are still free; and when the ball comes down, you are equally free. The ball is coming down because it went up. The whole cause and effect chain is playing out. That is the law of karma. But does it make any difference to you whether the ball goes up or comes down?
Everything that is material, everything that can be conceptualized, is bound to follow a cause-effect chain. Let the material follow that. You are not material. If you exercised hard yesterday or ran around a lot, today you will experience some pain in the body. You are getting the fruits of your karma. But let the body ache. You must not become sick.
