Yes, You Did Ask to Be Born!

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Yes, You Did Ask to Be Born!

by William Bezanson

Many parents have to face the profound exclamation from a frantic four-year-old, along the lines of, “I didn’t ask to be born! Why was I born, anyway?”

Well, little Johnny or Susie, you did ask to be born. You may not remember it, but you really did choose to born here, with me as your mother, and at that time, about four years ago, as an intelligent, healthy, boy or girl.

Of course, I’m not really suggesting that you have such a profound conversation with little Susie or Johnny. One day, they may be ready for it, but not at such a young age. But, who knows? Maybe your children are so very bright and intelligent that they are actually ready to learn about the Really Big Picture.

Who I’m addressing is not the four-year-olds, but the forty-year-olds. If one of those adults moans about not wanting to be born, they deserve to be responded to as an adult, “Yes, you did ask to be born!”

What I’m referring to here is the Law of Karma in action, which requires that each of our words, thoughts and actions be compensated: good with good and un-good with un-good. In both the East and the West, all sorts of people accept the notion of cycles of rebirth – of reincarnation and karma. Even though the Law of Karma is impersonal, not caring who you have been in the past, but only how you behaved, it is still open to influence from you.

Between lives, on the spiritual plane, you spend some quality time considering your past lives on the physical plane – even though time has no meaning on the spiritual plane – and you work with karma in choosing the circumstances of your next life. Karma works toward providing the circumstances that best allow you to compensate and grow from your behavior in your previous lives, and you work toward attaining a life that seems pleasing to you. You can’t change karma, but you can influence how it will manifest in your future.

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