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This is the season to explore how goodwill to all brings peace to ourselves. The Vedic concept of karma – literally ‘action’ – is often misunderstood, associated with punishment or reward, fate or destiny. Karma is understanding that an effect begins with a cause. It does not judge or moralise, but reflects energetic reality; the forces set in motion by our actions that create the world we experience and shape our own physical, mental and spiritual health. Actions are often rooted in short-term gain and desire, while consequences are further reaching.
Ayurveda advocates empowering, responsive balancing in all areas of life. As action born of desire roots our lives ever more in the physical and egoistic, karmic awareness allows us to pull back from desire and restore balance.