Posted on: 10 Nov 2023
1. a) Does one's past bad karma relate to delivering a bad situation and won't care about the amount of pain?
[Smt. Sudha Rani asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Thank You Swami for Your utmost care and protection every minute. Literally the peace in my life is the divine gift from You. Does one's past bad karma relate just to deliver a bad situation to that soul and won't care about the amount of pain that soul undergoes in that situation?]
Swami replied:- Every soul has to undergo the suffering and enjoyment of bad and good fruits as per the cycle of deeds and fruits that is running based on the divine constitution of God. If the soul is in spiritual line, God will postpone the fruit of the bad deed so that the soul is not disturbed in the spiritual progress. If the soul is reformed, all the punishments disappear.
b) Will the misery due to past bad karma demand the proportional intensity of mental stress?
[Does misery created by the past bad karma demand the proportional intensity of mental stress of that soul? Failing which the miserable situation occurs again and again to meet its demand to that soul?]
Swami replied:- Yes. This applies to all ordinary souls.
c) How will a soul suffer if it is strengthened by true divine knowledge and has immunity to pain?
[If 2nd case is true, then what if that soul is strengthened by true divine knowledge and got immunity to feel pain in worldly bad situations? In this case how does bad karma exhaust without drawing the proportionate pain from that soul? - At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Sudha Rani.]
Swami replied:- If the soul is in the spiritual path, it means that it is naturally reformed soul. In that case, all these rules fail.