KARMA
A Study in
Karma
by
Annie Besant
Published in
1917
The Pair of Triplets
Thus we have
three factors in spirit for the creation of Karma, and three corresponding
qualities in matter, and we must study these in order to make our Karma that
which we would have it be. We may study them in any order, but for many reasons
it is convenient to take the cognitive factor first, because in
that lies the power of knowledge and of choice. We
can change our desires by the use of thought, we cannot change our thoughts,
though we may colour them, by desire; so, in the final analysis action is set
in motion by thought.
In the
earliest stages of savagery as with the newly born infant action is caused by
attractions and repulsions. But almost immediately memory comes in, the memory
of an attraction, with the wish to re-experience it; the memory of a repulsion,
with the wish to avoid it. A thing has given pleasure, it is remembered, i.e.,
thought about, it is desired, action to grasp it follows.
The three
cannot really be separated, for there is no action which is not preceded by
thought and desire, and which does not again set them going, after it is
performed. Action is the outer sign of the invisible thought and desire, and in its very accomplishment gives birth to a
fresh thought and desire. The three form a circle, perpetually retraced.
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