People often believe that their experiences and what they gain or lose in life are random and meaningless. However, our experiences and what we gain or lose are actually the results of our past actions. As the saying goes, "Good deeds are rewarded, and bad deeds receive retribution."
Doing good deeds and being virtuous bring blessings, while bad deeds generate negative karma. A person's life path is shaped by his or her own actions. This is the universal law of cause and effect, or karma, which dictates the course of one's life.
When people perform good deeds and unselfish acts of kindness, they are rewarded with blessings from Heaven. This can manifest as a good life with fewer troubles, increased wealth, or a position of high rank. Conversely, wrongdoings, committing sins, harming others, or taking what belongs to others will lead to a life filled with hardships, unhappiness, and illnesses.
Human beings have the unique opportunity to perform good deeds, accumulate virtue, and eliminate karma through enduring hardships and pain. Only humans possess the higher consciousness necessary for spiritual growth and self-improvement.
When faced with difficulties or conflicts, one can look inward to eliminate negativity and purify oneself. Hardships provide an opportunity to cleanse oneself of past sins. By enduring suffering and eliminating karma, a person can build virtue, pursue spiritual growth, and cultivate good qualities such as compassion, forgiveness, and tolerance.
Some people believe they don't experience much suffering and are well-off without facing significant hardships. However, as long as we remain in the human realm, we are bound by karma that keeps us here in the human realm due to our human attachments. We still encounter hardships in the form of natural disasters, tensions, and worries. Perhaps, their time for eliminating karma and achieving spiritual growth has not yet arrived.
How can one eliminate this karma? To eliminate karma, one must focus on self-improvement and cultivation by constantly looking inward to rectify and improve oneself amid hardships or conflicts. By eliminating negativity, selfishness and various human attachments, we can liberate our souls from human suffering.
Many cultures and belief systems hold that all human beings reincarnate within the sixfold path of reincarnation. Over numerous lifetimes, beings accumulate karma, which drives them through samsara—the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. Attaining a human life is considered difficult, as in the path of reincarnation, one can be reborn as a bird, animal, or even a non-living entity.
Therefore, attaining a human life is considered precious. If a person is completely devoid of karma, one can transcend the human realm and no longer be subject to reincarnation. Escaping the cycle of birth and rebirth is the main purpose of a soul’s journey, allowing it to attain salvation and break free from the cycle of reincarnation.
Thus, a human life should strive for spiritual progress. The path of self-cultivation and improvement leads to the liberation and salvation of the soul.
One has to obtain a true practice of mind and body to achieve spiritual liberation and a genuine Master who can guide a person’s cultivation, and offer salvation. The practice of Falun Dafa offers a path for spiritual growth, enlightenment, and salvation.