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The Law Of Karmic Self Analysis

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My life experiences in the past with hard work and death, doesn't support the "law of karma" determining the course my life takes.The "law of karma" doesn't support the course my life takes, because the actions from my past has not yet determined my actions of the future from these life experiences. It is important first to understand and explain what is meant by "the law of karma".
According to William Young (2013), "Our true nature is the eternal unchanging soul (atman) and is separate from the changing karmic self (jiva). The atman is trapped in a cycle of rebirth (samsara) because of the law of karma.The law of karma stipulates that we are inevitably determined in our future actions by the effects of our past actions. Until the chain of karma is broken from being unattached to our desires, the atman's journey through unending rounds of rebirth …show more content…

Although I have not experienced death yet that I know of, my father, friends, and grandpa have all died in ways that I believe contradict the "law of karma". The "law of karma" explains that individuals are "inevitably determined in their future actions by the effects of their past actions.The "law of karma" also explains that Individuals are also reborn into a higher class if duty is followed. From my life experience of losing my father, friends, and grandpa, I would have to say that the "law of karma" doesn't support the course life takes. My father, friends, and grandpa were all great people that followed the rules and stayed out of trouble, but were met with a painful death unexpectedly. I don't understand how any action in the past would have lead to their future action of painful deaths. There is also no evidence to support my loved ones being reborn in a higher class, which doesn't support the "law of karma". Death occurred to my loved ones for reasons that are not supported by the "law of

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