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Hardly anyone in the world is today unaware of the law of Karma. Some who might not have heard of it should surely have come across the saying ‘as you sow so you reap’. It is an inescapable law of nature that whatever good or bad is done, its result comes to a person likewise. Good for good and bad for bad.

It is also said that one comes into the world because of the force of the Karmas, that is, to pay them off. But this seems to be a vicious cycle, for in the process of a new life one invariably ends up creating further Karma. Does it mean then that there is no end to this process that brings endless suffering and misery?

In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna declares that the being can surely emerge from this vicious cycle by following the words of God. He says that all actions taking place in the world are performed by the attributes of nature (the doer-power of God), and not by the being. If this is true that the being is not the doer, then why is he responsible for any action or how can he earn any Karma? In other words why should he be rewarded or punished for any action?

The being becomes responsible for actions because he assumes their doership. He thinks that he is the doer of the actions and thus he reaps the results in the form of boons and banes. Lord Krishna says that if the being stopped assuming responsibility for actions taking place from his body then he would be free from the resulting suffering and misery.

But this is easier said than done. How can we stop assuming doership? In this world right from early childhood we are taught that we are responsible for our actions. And as our actions, so are the results or the fruit.

To pull the beings out of this mess, Lord Krishna reveals a very easy but potent practice in the Bhagavad Gita through which the being is completely freed of the sense of doership. Through this practice the feeling becomes ingrained within that the attributes or doer-power of God is doing all actions. And hence whatever the fruits of the actions, those too are taken care of by God.

But what does one gain from this practice you might ask?

To begin with one becomes free of all worries. This results in an end to all misery and suffering and even diseases. All one’s past Karmas are paid off or annihilated in the same life and one becomes free of the seemingly unending cycle of birth and death. It means that one does not grow old and remains ever young and even death is pushed infinitely into the future. In other words one becomes immortal.

So if you wish to know more about this amazing practice then get your hands on the book You Are God by Shashi Verma that explains this practice in detail. For ordering your copy and learning more about the words of God in the Bhagavad Gita log on to the website www.highestwisdom.com