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The Law of Karma

By Evelyn S. Kleinschmidt, Champat Rai Jain

Vol. 29 · No. 012004pp. 52–55English

Summary

Mrs. Evelyn S. Kleinschmidt, a disciple of Champat Rai Jain, offers a personal and philosophical reflection on the Law of Karma, framing it as the universal law of energy, cause and effect, and individual responsibility. She argues that all life experiences—joy or suffering—are direct consequences of how individuals use energy through thoughts, words, and deeds. Karma, in her view, is not punishment from a deity but the inevitable return of what one sends out, governed by motive and intention. Destructive thoughts or actions generate destructive results unless reversed by acknowledgment, forgiveness, correction, and restitution. Goodwill, love, and selfless service to others, by contrast, attract harmony and help the individual attain the “perfected state”—mastery over one’s fate and peaceful embodiment. Karma thus becomes a self-created cycle, with each person responsible for their own destiny. The only force “working against us” is ourselves, and liberation begins with realization and moral self-responsibility. Kleinschmidt strongly condemns criticism, revenge, fault-finding, and negative emotional states, calling them the greatest crimes against life. She warns that such actions pollute the divine energy flowing into each person, resulting in karmic outcomes manifesting as suffering or unfortunate rebirths (e.g., as pauper, cripple, imbecile). Her message concludes with a call to align with the Law of Life through attention, forgiveness, love, and conscious thought, which leads to the Ascended or Perfected Life—a state of peace, joy, and spiritual growth. This path, she argues, should be taught early to children and consciously pursued by all.

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Conclusion

Mrs. Evelyn S. Kleinschmidt presents karma as a just and impersonal law rooted in personal responsibility, where every thought and action shapes future experience. Liberation lies not in external intervention but in self-mastery, love, and correction of one’s errors. By aligning with the Law of Life through forgiveness and right intention, individuals can transform suffering into spiritual growth and attain lasting peace.

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  • “Energy is the only thing we use, or can use, anywhere, anytime, any place in infinity and it is the use of that energy that determines our lives, our affairs, our happiness, and our environment.”
  • “If one deliberately sends out vicious and unkind I thoughts and feelings to another, then that one must take back into his own body and affairs the recoil of that energy, sometime somewhere.”
  • “We alone are the creators of our destiny and we all must take the responsibility of what we create into our own world.”

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