Transcending Karma
As a result of situations of life which have already occurred, we have ended up being what we are now. Our present state of mind, our present spiritual development or present domestic scene, has been karmically determined up to this point. The birth of further karma constantly occurs through the constant reliving of the past. We reproduce the nest or ground or home, so that we can function continuously. Therefore, the practice of meditation is the only path that can work with the karmic situation, with karma as such.
Karma in this case is the psychological aspect of the continuity of impulse, emotions, and the subconscious mental processes that go on. These processes feed on themselves all the time, developing further, constantly, on and on. So unless there is a way of not feeding the subconscious mind, not feeding the neurosis of the mind, there is no way of presenting karmic situations. It doesn’t matter whether we are dealing with good karma or bad karma. Both of those are the same kind of situations, from this point of view. The attitude of spiritual materialism or being goal-oriented and wanting to enrich ones ego, enrich ones purpose and become better than what one is–that is the expression of subconscious gossip. In other words, ambition is a further feeding of the karmic situation; it sows further seeds of karma. Even if we are sowing seeds of good karma, we are nevertheless still encircled in a samsaric fortress. So from this point of view, meditation practice is a way of stepping out of that karmic situation all together–transcending both good and bad.
