A Life Of Regret Is The Worst “Karma” You Can Have
How To Change A Life Of Regret Into A Life Of Possibility
Karma is a topic that is shrouded in mystery.
In simple terms, the way karma is understood is: that if you do something bad, something bad will happen to you. If you do something good, something good will happen to you.
Another deeply problematic perspective of karma is it is something that is completely out of your control.
If you have been served the short end of the stick in life you simply blame it on your karma, and that’s that.
But what if karma is actually your ultimate potential and possibility for liberation in life?
I have been reading the book Karma by Sadghuru and he outlines karma as something that is actually completely in your control.
And is actually a possibility rather than the universe’s judicial system.
The way karma is explored in the book (and the way I view it) is how we interact, and our relationship to life.
Karma is the way that we experience the world: mentally, emotionally, and physically. And how it shapes our perception of reality, and our perception of possibility.
Through our perception of reality, we can create identifications for ourselves, identifications that ultimately can act as forms of “bondage”.
Being trapped in a limited potential of reality.
“A spider trapped in its own web is a tragedy” — Sadhguru
Karma can be your imprisonment or your liberation, depending on how you view it.
In this article, I am going to explore the “not-so-seen side of karma” and how you can actually take control of your life by taking control of your karma.
Regret Is The Worst Form Of Karma
One of the worst forms of karma is a life of regret.
When we feel a strong desire to do something but don’t take action out of fear, regret “racks” up.
Whether that be in your love life, a business you wish you started, standing up for yourself or having that difficult conversation.
Regret “racks” up, and it affects you deeply.
By not taking action on your deep authentic desires, by not taking a chance on life or on the opportunities that you are presented to you. You accumulate a large amount of “past” within your system.
Which will prevent you from being in the present, i.e. always thinking about the past.
Memory Forms Your Sense Of Self
Our personality is actually entirely created through memory.
The memory of our childhood, memory of our wins and our failures, memory of our conditioning–what is right, what is wrong.
This all forms a sense of self.
When we don’t take inspired action in life, we start to accumulate a large amount of memory that is related to us not taking action, i.e. regret.
This over time creates an identification of inaction — “just not being that type of person that does those types of things”.
This identification creates its own self-fulfilling prophecy.
“I am not the type of person that does_____”
Meaning that you don’t take action on opportunity, which reinforces the sense of self (identification).
Which then allows you to be resentful and blame “your karma” for your situation in life.
The ironic illusion is: It’s entirely self-created.
“A spider trapped in its own web is a tragedy” — Sadhguru
Breaking Free From Karma
Listen, we all make mistakes in life, shit happens, we get scared, it’s ok.
The way we overcome this and break free from this “karmic bondage” is through deep accountability.
Through deep accountability, we are able to make conscious that our life circumstances are not something that is externally happening to us.
But rather something that is being internally created through unconscious choice.
(If you are going to take away ONE thing have it be that)
By taking accountability we are able to get real with ourselves, get vulnerable with ourselves, and understand how by selling ourselves short in life, we are hurting ourselves.
This creates a deep understanding and learning from our “mistakes”.
“It’s only a mistake if you don’t learn from it”
Through this process of accountability and ownership, action naturally arises.
Conclusion
I believe that it is actually so damn fucking important to live our lives to the fullest.
And not to leave a trail of regrets to look back on.
But rather come to a peaceful close on our death beds knowing that we did everything that we could have possibly done.
“If you die of Excitement, it is all right. Such a magnificent Creation and you die of boredom — that is a crime.” — Sadhguru
Sometimes regret can seem like a harmless thing, but over time it accumulates into some of the “worst” karma you can have.
A sense of bondage and regret that you didn’t do what you could have done with this beautiful life that you have been gifted.
But by taking deep accountability we can make a change, we can learn from our mistakes.
We can get real, we can get vulnerable, and through that, make those conscious choices to experience life to the fullest. — Even if it is scary.
If we are willing to do this, we are guaranteed to live and create a life beyond our wildest imagination.
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