”Your Karma is a Bitch!”

Today on the Backyard Buddhist were talking about your karma.  Your Karma is a Bitch! Why do all these bad things happen?  Shouldn’t all the good in the world counteract all the bad?  What happened to create all this chaos?

In our efforts to liberate ourselves from suffering we must address the law of cause and effect.  Every action and inaction has an effect as every heartbeat moves blood and every breath moves air.  Our responsibility lies within our own body, speech and mind.  Mindfully considering each of our contributing actions not through the discernment of like and dislike but instead with the knowing that each action, word and thought matter. 

It’s ultimately all up to you to stop the ways that will create bad effects, but the only way out is to see it, understand it and let it go, without responding with anger or other harmful feelings, but with understanding that you can prevent  the chain of future cause and or create good ones to make a more happier present and future.