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Concept of Karma & Reincarnation

For verily, I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law, Till all be fulfilled.

___Matthew V: 18

And, it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one title of the law to fail.

___Luke XVI: 17

To what law might the foregoing scriptures be referring? According to Langley (1967), they are referring to the law of cause and effect often referred to by Eastern philosophers and mystics as the law of "karma." Regarding karma, Woodward (1986) states:

The word "karma" is used philosophically to indicate conditions in the present stemming from thoughts and actions in the past. Its Sanskrit meaning encompasses both action and reaction (or consequences). Its Hindu meaning encompasses work, or the labor of the soul seeking to attain union with God. (p. 13)

Karma has been directly linked to reincarnation by most metaphysicians (Steiner, 1992). Simply put, reincarnation refers to the process of the rebirth of the soul into another physical body at some point following the death of the body the soul currently occupied.

It is said that karma is connected to reincarnation in the sense that the thoughts and actions of one's past life or lives shape many of the events and circumstances that comprise one's current or present day life. In other words, any given life is part of the process that creates the circumstances one encounters in the next life.

The purpose of the research conducted here is to take an in-depth look at the processes of and interrelationships between karma and reincarnation and to then use this examination as a foundation for explicating the meaning and value of the processes of reincarnation and karma for one's current life. In other words, one of the primary purposes of this study is to determine why it is important for people in their current lives to be aware of karmic law...

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