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  2. THE FAKIR
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‘The easiest way of dealing with Karma is looking past your ghastly tea through calm surrender. The easiest way of dealing with Karma is giving your best to each moment irrespective of the circumstances. The best way of dealing with Karma is living each moment in silent surrender to one’s Goddess, God and Guru, dedicating each moment at Their feet and trying to make Them happy and proud of you each moment of your existence. All that is needed is selfless love and complete surrender to the realization that you are going through your Karmic experience, your Karmic cleansing and your Goddess, God and Guru know best and if They know best then leave the rest to Them and Their plan with graceful surrender. This is the best way to deal with Karma. If you can live your life like this then no philosophies are needed, no meditation, no prayers, no offerings, nothing is needed as your life has become a philosophy, a prayer, an offering and you are living in a constant state of meditation as you are one with the moment all the time.’

‘Remember, beta, when the individual leaves the body and has to be present for judgement, at that time the individual has no right or power to explain or justify his or her thoughts, words and actions. Karma has no logic or justification or emotion. It is the law of cause and effect. You have no say in trying to defend your thoughts, words and deeds. Two plus two adds to four; not five, not three, not nearly four, it’s just four. Your Goddess, God, Guru will represent you. Your ancestors will represent you. But you yourself cannot represent your justification for anything. And not just what we did but what also we did not do; not what we said but also what we did not say; all these things come into play. Lord Krishna went hoarse trying to explain to one and all that doing wrong and being a mere observer when wrong is being done, both have their Karmic ramifications. Doing evil and observing evil both will be weighed on the Karmic weighing scale. No matter how wrong somebody may be, the moment we judge or slander that individual, we have begun a Karmic account with that individual. What an unnecessary account to open with a person you might not have any link with, in a situation which does not concern you at all, for a reason you in all honesty do not even know the reality of it all. But you have opened a Karmic bond and association with that individual by judging and slandering. What a waste of time, energy and opportunity to grow! Often, Karmic relationships are nothing but thoughts, words and deeds that come forth from ignorance or ego or sheer stupidity. Thus, when Karmic ramification knocks at the door be it out of give and take or sheer ignorance or complete lack of common sense, then go through that experience calmly, seeking strength and wisdom to accept one’s lot with grace, wisdom and a sense of humour. You have initiated something, only your Master knows when; and now when the collector of the bill knocks on your door for you to pay the bill; just pay the bill with class and grace. The night to stay awake has come, the impact of Karmic milestones which have to be mandatorily experienced can be gone through or even controlled and the magnitude and intensity can be tapered down by your own free will; by your insistence on going through the experience with calmness and compassion for all involved including yourself, beta. Remember this, the more we gravitate towards the external, the more we react, the more we get agitated, more of Karma shall be created. Not because of any other reason but simply due to the wrong use of free will. Once Karma comes into play, again for lifetimes, sometimes, you might get sucked into this never-ending mire of quicksand. All because you did not use your free will wisely. You have only yourself to blame now.’