Welcome back to daily breath. I'm Deepak Chopra.

Karma and Darma, what do these words mean?

And what do they mean within the context of the 11th secret the universe thinks through you.

So first of all let me define what karma means. The word karma simply means action and therefore

it also applies to any experience that we've had as a result of choices that we made either

consciously or unconsciously.

Karma of course leads to memory. The seed of that memory is called Sanscara. It's spelled

S-A-N-S-K-A-R-A, and Sanscara leads to something called B-A-S-A-N-A.

And Basana is the seed of desire.

So we can say in modern terms that

karma or past experiences, even the interpretation of those past experiences.

Karma leads to memory and memory leads to desire and desire leads to

karma again.

This is the soul's software as it travels through cosmic time in the search of

Enlightenment. So that's what the word karma means.

Karma is past experiences, past actions, past choices, conscious and unconscious, that leads to memory and desire which then recycles is karma.

Darma, on the other hand, is not only meaning and purpose in our existence, but our ultimate darma is to be aligned with the elements and forces of the universe.

So both karma and darma are of course influenced by our inner and outer circumstances.

Outer circumstances means relationships, personal and professional, ecosystem, social life, environment, all of that influences

karma and also the meaning, the context, the relationships that move our life forward,

ultimately in the direction of higher calling and that higher calling becomes

Darma. What I'd like you to do is pay attention to what's happening in your life.

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