Vipassana Meditation Master Acharavadee Wongsakon
Once, while I was meditating, my mind dived into the fine energy level. It was the energy current of karmicretribution that was about to strike me. The former Karma that I did to others gradually appeared in my mind.
For Vipassana practitioners, the recollection of their past Karma during the practice bring the emotions attached to those events up on the surface. But for those who have eliminated all impurities in their minds, meaning that they won’t have a new rebirth, there is no emotional involvement. However, their bodies still bear the brunt if the past Karma was physically related.
During that meditation, I could recall my past Karma in details, including the names of those I did wrong to, as well as those who would have to pay their karmic debt to me.
Here’s one of my recollections…In one past life, I was a snake and killed someone’s beloved. This person was very angry and vowed to take revenge on me. With such a strong determination, our paths crossed in several lifetimes. However, in some lifetimes, when he was treated nicely, he changed his mind and wished to follow me in the future. But with the grudges remaining in his subconscious, the karmic force often brought him to encounter many incidents that left him resentful.
Through this meditation, I could finally dilute that karmic energy. It meant the karmic force that was about to hit me was weakened. This is clear evidence that by practicing Vipassana meditation, we can weaken the impact of karmic consequence.
Those who are facing Karma must accept that it is the results of what they did to others. As for those who are treating others badly and without compassion, they must try to conquer the darkness within their mind that pushed them to do that evil deed.
When I continued meditating, the karmic energy with a black root appeared in my mind. Just like what I’ve said earlier that “Karma is the pushing force”. When karmic consequence hits someone, the dark force in the energy will cause series of unfortunate events to happen.
This is how karmic consequence occurs in the energy level; it’s the pushing force for a particular event to happen.
Bad Karma is the energy force full of darkness. That karmic action acts like the magnet pulling the dark force to gather until it becomes powerful enough to bring karmic retribution to the owner of that Karma. After karmic retribution takes effect, this dark force will weaken.
I came to the realization that for those who have vengeful minds with very high ego, their bodies will expand to carry the weight of the minds that are full of blindness. That’s why they were born as animals, having horizontal bodies and staying on the ground where their former Karma took place.
Humans and animals are the victims of their own actions.
If we remain mindful of our thoughts and actions, we can stop doing bad deeds. It’s because the power of mindfulness will act like scissors that cut the flow of evil thoughts and actions. If our awareness is also sharp, we can even prevent ourselves from having bad thoughts.
Our actions decide our fate. Though we cannot go back to change the past, we can make our present time the turning point of life; from low to high, from facing retribution to receiving rewards from good deeds. To escape from this force, we must perform highly virtuous deed; that is to practice Vipassana meditation, through which we can liberate our mind from karmic force and the cycle of suffering.
We must never be careless with Karma. Always be mindful and clearly aware of our actions. By doing good deeds with strong determination and intention, we can multiply the merits.
To be free from karmic retribution, we must choose the right side. The power of determination will bring us to the ultimate goal in the end. Those who are never determined to cultivate great virtues and give up easily will never receive the ultimate reward. That’s why they will end up in the cycle of rebirth, living under the force of Karma endlessly.
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