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# Wiki: Karma
'''Karma''' is the relationship between a [[The Living Being|living being]]'s actions and the [[Fate|fate]] that results from them. Martinus states that karma is the same as fate, and describes karmic effects as retributory effects transported from life to life through arcs of fate.{{ref|TEWP 2|19.19}} In ''[[Livets Bog]]'', he connects the shaping of fate with the being's own will.{{ref|LB2|615}}


== Introduction ==
== The law of cause and effect ==
Karma is the fundamental cosmic law of cause and effect that governs the evolution of the living being. It is the mechanism through which every action, thought, and intention produces a corresponding consequence that must be experienced. In the Martinus cosmology, karma is not a system of divine punishment or reward, but a natural, inevitable process of learning and cosmic balance.


== The Law of Cause and Effect ==
Martinus describes the living being as the primary cause of its own fate. In ''Livets Bog'', he explains fate as the shaping produced by the being's own will: life consists of "sowing" and "reaping", and the being is therefore "the master of his own fate".{{ref|LB2|615}} The same analysis states that the effects of an action move in cycles and return to the being that released them.{{ref|TEWP 2|18.7}}
The essence of karma lies in the principle that every being is the "master of its own fate." Every deed, word, and thought creates a pattern in the cosmic whole, and the being must eventually face the results of its own actions.


* '''No Escape from Consequences:''' A being cannot escape the effects of its actions; the consequences are an inseparable part of the act itself.
The returning effect is not necessarily immediate. Martinus describes [[Cause and effect|arcs of fate]] that may be completed during the same physical life or during later terrestrial lives. A present life is therefore shaped both by arcs released in the present and by arcs originating in earlier lives.{{ref|TEWP 2|18.7}}
* '''The Mirror of Judgment:''' A profound aspect of karma is that one's judgment of others reflects one's own inner state. To criticize, judge, or feel malice toward others is to invite a corresponding karmic "retribution" upon oneself. As the principle states: "One is what one judges others to be."
* '''Personal Responsibility:''' Since every being is the original cause of its own experiences, it is entirely responsible for the quality of its past and future.


== Karma and Evolution ==
In Martinus' cosmic analysis, the being that is the primary cause of an arc may differ from another being that serves as the medium through which the arc is released. The latter may appear to be the cause of the conflict in physical circumstances, but Martinus identifies the earlier action as the primary cosmic cause. He connects this distinction with [[Forgiveness|forgiveness]]: anger and revenge release a new dark arc, whereas forgiveness can neutralise the returning situation.{{ref|TEWP 2|19.17}}{{ref|TEWP 2|19.16}}
Karma serves as the primary engine for the development of consciousness. Through the continuous cycle of action and experience, the living being undergoes a transformative process.


* '''The Role of Suffering and Hardship:''' While often viewed with dread, the "dark karma" of suffering, sickness, and adversity provides the necessary friction for growth. These experiences are the "teachers" that prompt the being to reflect, learn, and eventually seek higher, more harmonious ways of existence.
Martinus also describes ignorance of the consequences of one's actions as a source of mistaken conduct. This ignorance includes not knowing that one has lived in previous physical lives, and therefore not recognising that present suffering may have causes in those lives. A being may experience the effects of its own actions as unhappiness while believing that another person is their ultimate cause; this misunderstanding can lead to revenge and further [[Dark karma|dark karma]].{{ref|TEWP 2|19.11}}
* '''From Self-Interest to Altruism:''' As a being works through its instinctive and selfish karma, it gradually develops the capacity for "altruistic love" (*næstekærlighed*). This transition from a purely self-centered existence to one that seeks the well-being of all life is a milestone in cosmic evolution.
* '''The Development of Intuition:''' As the being learns to navigate the consequences of its actions, it develops its intuition—the ability to sense the eternal laws of the universe and align its will with the divine order.


== The Mechanism of the Spiral Cycle ==
== Karma, reincarnation and talent kernels ==
The resolution of karma unfolds across the vast expanse of the spiral cycle and multiple incarnations.


* '''The Spiral Year:''' The "repayment" of karmic debts is not a single event but a continuous process occurring through the different "seasons" of the spiral. The lessons learned in one cycle are carried forward as "talent kernels" into the next.
In Martinus' cosmology, physical lives are connected by [[Reincarnation]]. ''The Eternal World Picture'' depicts physical terrestrial lives separated by [[Spiritual lives|spiritual lives]]. The physical lives are shown as a series of reincarnations, while the spiritual lives are the intervening stages between them.{{ref|TEWP 2|19.19}} Karma is carried from life to life through the being's [[Talent Kernels|talent kernels]], primordial desire and mother energy. These elements take part in releasing and transporting the arcs of fate and their effects.{{ref|TEWP 2|19.19}}
* '''The Spiritual Realms:''' Following the physical death, the being enters spiritual realms where it continues to experience the mental and psychic weight of its earthly life. This period can involve a process of "purgation" where the being confronts its past actions until the karma is resolved and the path to higher consciousness is cleared.


== References ==
This is Martinus' explanation of the continuity of fate across successive physical lives. The present life is formed partly by arcs from previous lives, while actions in the present release arcs that may reach future lives. The timing varies: some arcs are completed in the same life, while others continue into later lives.{{ref|TEWP 2|18.7}}
* Martinus: ''Livets Bog'' (The Book of Life)
 
Martinus also presents death as the renewal of the physical organism rather than the end of the living being's existence. The new organism can express abilities and talents developed through interests and occupations in one or more previous lives.{{ref|LB2|569}}
 
Martinus describes abilities and talents as developed through occupation with them in one or more previous lives, while the symbol explanation gives talent kernels, primordial desire and mother energy a role in transporting arcs of fate. Karma is the returning effect of actions and ways of being within this continuing process.{{ref|LB2|569}}{{ref|TEWP 2|19.19}}
 
== Suffering and development ==
 
Martinus describes dark karma as suffering and misfortune resulting from actions that create darkness. He states that suffering contributes to the growth of the faculty of [[Humaneness|humaneness]], which he identifies with [[Neighbourly love|neighbourly love]]. As this faculty develops, the being becomes less capable of harming others and can become free of unnecessary dark karma.{{ref|TEWP 2|20.11}}
 
In ''The Road to Paradise'', Martinus describes unhappy fate as the effect of earlier wrong conduct rather than punishment for sins. He presents mistakes as consequences of cosmic ignorance and as a basis for learning to act correctly.{{ref|short book 25|1.2}}
 
In this account, the developmental meaning of suffering is connected with the being's changing disposition. A person who responds to a returning dark experience with hatred and revenge creates new dark effects. A person who develops [[Forgiveness|forgiveness]] and neighbourly love no longer reinforces the same chain of actions.{{ref|TEWP 2|19.16}}{{ref|TEWP 2|19.19}}
 
Martinus states that suffering changes the being's way of thinking from hatred to love and helps it become incapable of creating the same harmful actions. Suffering is therefore necessary for development while the being is still able to create darkness, but becomes unnecessary when that ability has been outgrown.{{ref|TEWP 2|20.11}}
 
== Forgiveness and the neutralisation of karma ==
 
Martinus uses "forgiveness of sins" in a specific, cosmic sense. In ''About Myself, My Mission and Its Significance'', he says that when a person recognises a bad action, regrets it and is no longer able to repeat it, the person does not receive the same karma back.{{ref|kind=article|1807}}
 
The more detailed analysis in ''The Eternal World Picture'' explains this process through the arcs of fate. If a person has committed a murderous act but, before the corresponding arc of fate returns, has completely outgrown the will and ability to murder, Martinus says that the returning effects can be neutralised by this changed disposition. He describes this as liberation from effects that have become unnecessary because the being no longer creates the same kind of darkness.{{ref|TEWP 2|20.8}}{{ref|TEWP 2|20.11}}
 
Forgiveness is therefore closely related to development and neighbourly love. In Martinus' account, suffering has the purpose of changing the being's way of thinking; when the harmful disposition has genuinely been outgrown, the returning dark karma can be reduced or neutralised.{{ref|TEWP 2|20.11}}


== See Also ==
== See also ==
* [[The Spiral Cycle]]
* [[The Living Being]]
* [[Reincarnation]]
* [[Reincarnation]]
* [[The Six Basic Energies]]
* [[Talent Kernels]]
* [[Livets Bog]]
* [[The Eternal World Picture]]
 
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 06:17, 26 August 2026

Karma is the relationship between a living being's actions and the fate that results from them. Martinus states that karma is the same as fate, and describes karmic effects as retributory effects transported from life to life through arcs of fate. [1] In Livets Bog, he connects the shaping of fate with the being's own will. [2]

The law of cause and effect

Martinus describes the living being as the primary cause of its own fate. In Livets Bog, he explains fate as the shaping produced by the being's own will: life consists of "sowing" and "reaping", and the being is therefore "the master of his own fate". [3] The same analysis states that the effects of an action move in cycles and return to the being that released them. [4]

The returning effect is not necessarily immediate. Martinus describes arcs of fate that may be completed during the same physical life or during later terrestrial lives. A present life is therefore shaped both by arcs released in the present and by arcs originating in earlier lives. [5]

In Martinus' cosmic analysis, the being that is the primary cause of an arc may differ from another being that serves as the medium through which the arc is released. The latter may appear to be the cause of the conflict in physical circumstances, but Martinus identifies the earlier action as the primary cosmic cause. He connects this distinction with forgiveness: anger and revenge release a new dark arc, whereas forgiveness can neutralise the returning situation. [6] [7]

Martinus also describes ignorance of the consequences of one's actions as a source of mistaken conduct. This ignorance includes not knowing that one has lived in previous physical lives, and therefore not recognising that present suffering may have causes in those lives. A being may experience the effects of its own actions as unhappiness while believing that another person is their ultimate cause; this misunderstanding can lead to revenge and further dark karma. [8]

Karma, reincarnation and talent kernels

In Martinus' cosmology, physical lives are connected by Reincarnation. The Eternal World Picture depicts physical terrestrial lives separated by spiritual lives. The physical lives are shown as a series of reincarnations, while the spiritual lives are the intervening stages between them. [9] Karma is carried from life to life through the being's talent kernels, primordial desire and mother energy. These elements take part in releasing and transporting the arcs of fate and their effects. [10]

This is Martinus' explanation of the continuity of fate across successive physical lives. The present life is formed partly by arcs from previous lives, while actions in the present release arcs that may reach future lives. The timing varies: some arcs are completed in the same life, while others continue into later lives. [11]

Martinus also presents death as the renewal of the physical organism rather than the end of the living being's existence. The new organism can express abilities and talents developed through interests and occupations in one or more previous lives. [12]

Martinus describes abilities and talents as developed through occupation with them in one or more previous lives, while the symbol explanation gives talent kernels, primordial desire and mother energy a role in transporting arcs of fate. Karma is the returning effect of actions and ways of being within this continuing process. [13] [14]

Suffering and development

Martinus describes dark karma as suffering and misfortune resulting from actions that create darkness. He states that suffering contributes to the growth of the faculty of humaneness, which he identifies with neighbourly love. As this faculty develops, the being becomes less capable of harming others and can become free of unnecessary dark karma. [15]

In The Road to Paradise, Martinus describes unhappy fate as the effect of earlier wrong conduct rather than punishment for sins. He presents mistakes as consequences of cosmic ignorance and as a basis for learning to act correctly. [16]

In this account, the developmental meaning of suffering is connected with the being's changing disposition. A person who responds to a returning dark experience with hatred and revenge creates new dark effects. A person who develops forgiveness and neighbourly love no longer reinforces the same chain of actions. [17] [18]

Martinus states that suffering changes the being's way of thinking from hatred to love and helps it become incapable of creating the same harmful actions. Suffering is therefore necessary for development while the being is still able to create darkness, but becomes unnecessary when that ability has been outgrown. [19]

Forgiveness and the neutralisation of karma

Martinus uses "forgiveness of sins" in a specific, cosmic sense. In About Myself, My Mission and Its Significance, he says that when a person recognises a bad action, regrets it and is no longer able to repeat it, the person does not receive the same karma back. [20]

The more detailed analysis in The Eternal World Picture explains this process through the arcs of fate. If a person has committed a murderous act but, before the corresponding arc of fate returns, has completely outgrown the will and ability to murder, Martinus says that the returning effects can be neutralised by this changed disposition. He describes this as liberation from effects that have become unnecessary because the being no longer creates the same kind of darkness. [21] [22]

Forgiveness is therefore closely related to development and neighbourly love. In Martinus' account, suffering has the purpose of changing the being's way of thinking; when the harmful disposition has genuinely been outgrown, the returning dark karma can be reduced or neutralised. [23]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.19
  2. ↑ Livets Bog 2, section 615
  3. ↑ Livets Bog 2, section 615
  4. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 18.7
  5. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 18.7
  6. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.17
  7. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.16
  8. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.11
  9. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.19
  10. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.19
  11. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 18.7
  12. ↑ Livets Bog 2, section 569
  13. ↑ Livets Bog 2, section 569
  14. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.19
  15. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 20.11
  16. ↑ Vejen til paradis, section 1.2 (*)
  17. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.16
  18. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 19.19
  19. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 20.11
  20. ↑ Article 1807
  21. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 20.8
  22. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 20.11
  23. ↑ The Eternal World Picture 2, section 20.11
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