However there is a cascading series of events in our roller coaster ride of life. In between all the events there is stimulus & response, in the midst there lies is a space where lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.

When we choose to stay happy, it happens right at this very moment – here, now, just as we are.

The present moment is an opportunity

Therefore, the present moment in which we wage this struggle is vitally important.

The three existences – past, present and future – in fact are all contained in the present, in this instant. The important thing is how we change our attitude or inner resolve at this moment. This is because we can freely create our future through our determination and action right at this very instant.

The theory of lessening one’s karmic penalty is the wonderful principle for redirecting our lives toward happiness. The teaching of changing karma opens the way for a brilliant revolution of hope, freeing people from the predominant dark, fatalistic view of karma or destiny.

To change negative karma in one’s life, one must first get out the dirt before getting rid of it. Hardships will thus appear as the filth which enables one to eradicate one’s negative karma through the practice of the Mystic Law. You might have heard that there are examples that people who are sentenced to jail are released prior to their full tenure due to their good conduct.

When we confront hardships in life, we must have firm conviction that each one is the chance to change our karma and put the principle of lessening karmic retribution into effect. This kind of practice leads to our own  human revolution ultimately.