We can negate karma only by indulgence in nishkama karma way of yoga. Offering fruits of karma performed to God Almighty all the time is what nishkama karma all about. And why should human beings offer fruits of karma to God as in absence of fruits many say life seemed meaningless! The path of nishkama karma yoga simply says indulging in karma without attaching self to fruits of karma performed.
Spiritually also fruits of karma performed by human beings never belonged to individual self. As detailed in Bhagavad Gita the present circle of life belonged to our soul atman, the spirit within and not the manifest physical human form! It is our soul atman that manifested human form to work out its karma, remove dross impurities within. It is not within capability of a human body to manifest a soul atman.
We need working like a trustee. In the trusteeship concept everything belonged to God Almighty and we were only a custodian, caretaker of things that already belonged to God Almighty. Truthfully we were only an instrument in hands of God Almighty doing his bidding. The human body, the human form was only a medium for our soul atman, the consciousness within to reach stage of absolute purity, nothing more.
Indulging in karma with an unattached attitude was different from indulgence in karma with a detached attitude. We just could not ignore karma. The process of karma was inherent. Every second thousands of thoughts flowed to our brain incessantly. Every single thought positive or negative precipitates into an act of karma… so says Bhava karma theory of Jainism. Even in our idleness we indulged in karma.
Working with a detached attitude means leaving confines of home as did Siddhartha Gautama. Just by touching feet of wife and child one could not absolve self of karma. As detailed in Bhagavad Gita karma needs to be burnt in totality. Working with an unattached attitude is what nishkama karma all about. King Janaka (father of Sita in Ramayana) and JRD Tata (the erstwhile scion of Tata industry) were karma yogis par excellence who indulged in path of nishkama karma yoga all the time.
For negating karma to zero our understanding precepts of spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita was necessitated. And for understanding precepts of Bhagavad Gita, our travelling path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) was necessitated. Path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) can only be travelled by indulgence in contemplation, path of logical reasoning… path of self enquiry. Most human beings world over failed to scuttle karma as one failed to understand gist of Bhagavad Gita.
Karma can be scuttled in totality when we succeed establishing absolute control over five senses and mind. Initially this may seem difficult but was not impossible to achieve. Read more on Karma
By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref 150914)
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