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Karma can bring boon and blessing to those who have sown well according to the golden rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” | Karma can bring boon and blessing to those who have sown well according to the golden rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” | ||
The law of cause and effect and of free will is affirmed by Jesus over and over again in his parables to his own and in his warnings to the seed of the wicked. Our Lord speaks often of the day of judgment, which is the day of reckoning of every man’s karmic accounts as recorded in his own book of life. In Matthew 12:35–37 he lectures to the scribes and Pharisees on the law of cause and effect: | The law of cause and effect and of free will is affirmed by Jesus over and over again in his parables to his own and in his warnings to the seed of the wicked. Our Lord speaks often of the day of judgment, which is the day of reckoning of every man’s karmic accounts as recorded in his own [[book of life]]. In Matthew 12:35–37 he lectures to the scribes and Pharisees on the law of cause and effect: | ||
<blockquote>A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things [i.e., positive karma]: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things [i.e., negative karma].</blockquote> | <blockquote>A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things [i.e., positive karma]: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things [i.e., negative karma].</blockquote> | ||