{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":3.627,"endTime":9.177,"body":"Hello, and welcome to the 11th"},{"startTime":3.627,"endTime":9.177,"body":"episode of The Bearded Mystic Podcast."},{"startTime":9.237,"endTime":12.067,"body":"And I'm your host, Rahul N Singh."},{"startTime":12.447,"endTime":15.687,"body":"Thank you for joining today and"},{"startTime":12.447,"endTime":15.687,"body":"for taking out the time to either"},{"startTime":15.687,"endTime":18.087,"body":"listen or watch this podcast."},{"startTime":19.197,"endTime":19.887,"body":"So today."},{"startTime":19.891,"endTime":24.521,"body":"We're going to look at really a beginner's"},{"startTime":19.891,"endTime":24.521,"body":"guide to understand what karma is,"},{"startTime":24.901,"endTime":27.741,"body":"karma has been a hot topic nowadays."},{"startTime":27.841,"endTime":32.771,"body":"A lot of gurus have started speaking"},{"startTime":27.841,"endTime":32.771,"body":"about it, Sadhguru Jaggi 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if"},{"startTime":266.659,"endTime":270.399,"body":"you have one life or many lives,"},{"startTime":270.909,"endTime":274.149,"body":"karma remains and it affects us all."},{"startTime":274.228,"endTime":276.568,"body":"The nature of karma is like a river."},{"startTime":276.568,"endTime":281.338,"body":"So many streams join and likewise other"},{"startTime":276.568,"endTime":281.338,"body":"people's actions will join with yours."},{"startTime":281.528,"endTime":287.768,"body":"Sometimes people say, I don't know"},{"startTime":281.528,"endTime":287.768,"body":"why this happened to me, or you can"},{"startTime":287.768,"endTime":292.028,"body":"actually influence what other people"},{"startTime":287.768,"endTime":292.028,"body":"do and how he affects your life."},{"startTime":292.368,"endTime":296.975,"body":"What I thought of was this analogy"},{"startTime":292.368,"endTime":296.975,"body":"that karma is like a river and your"},{"startTime":296.975,"endTime":301.115,"body":"life is like a river and there's many"},{"startTime":296.975,"endTime":301.115,"body":"different streams joining that river."},{"startTime":301.235,"endTime":304.205,"body":"Now with those many different"},{"startTime":301.235,"endTime":304.205,"body":"streams, comes their karma comes"},{"startTime":304.205,"endTime":306.935,"body":"their actions, comes their intentions."},{"startTime":307.165,"endTime":310.885,"body":"All that is a good mix and it"},{"startTime":307.165,"endTime":310.885,"body":"enters the river of your life."},{"startTime":311.575,"endTime":316.53,"body":"Now with that river, with all those"},{"startTime":311.575,"endTime":316.53,"body":"streams entering in, you just have to"},{"startTime":316.59,"endTime":319.68,"body":"go with it and you have to flow with it."},{"startTime":320.02,"endTime":323.07,"body":"If you end up  getting disturbed"},{"startTime":320.02,"endTime":323.07,"body":"by each different stream, you"},{"startTime":323.07,"endTime":324.96,"body":"can't 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a"},{"startTime":346.089,"endTime":349.33,"body":"genuine question because there's"},{"startTime":349.33,"endTime":353.2,"body":"lots of good people that we know,"},{"startTime":349.33,"endTime":353.2,"body":"but something bad happened to them"},{"startTime":353.56,"endTime":356.26,"body":"and it created an adverse result."},{"startTime":357.02,"endTime":362.973,"body":"We see this constantly in the world,"},{"startTime":357.02,"endTime":362.973,"body":"or we sometimes look at  someone's life"},{"startTime":362.973,"endTime":370.013,"body":"and we see the opposite of where we see"},{"startTime":362.973,"endTime":370.013,"body":"good things happen to bad people and"},{"startTime":370.013,"endTime":371.853,"body":"we are like, how did that even happen?"},{"startTime":372.096,"endTime":376.626,"body":"I believe that analogy I gave of the river"},{"startTime":372.096,"endTime":376.626,"body":"and the different streams, it could be"},{"startTime":376.626,"endTime":378.126,"body":"they just have good people around them."},{"startTime":379.556,"endTime":383.853,"body":"That could be it, or they have one good"},{"startTime":379.556,"endTime":383.853,"body":"person and that influence  stronger."},{"startTime":383.883,"endTime":386.973,"body":"That could be the case is karma unfair?"},{"startTime":387.543,"endTime":388.473,"body":"Not really."},{"startTime":388.523,"endTime":394.196,"body":"I would like to say that even, like I"},{"startTime":388.523,"endTime":394.196,"body":"mentioned in the very beginning that some"},{"startTime":394.196,"endTime":398.666,"body":"people may believe in something that's"},{"startTime":394.196,"endTime":398.666,"body":"wrong, but their intentions may not be"},{"startTime":398.666,"endTime":404.369,"body":"bad, but because their beliefs are wrong,"},{"startTime":398.666,"endTime":404.369,"body":"that's what's causing the conflict."},{"startTime":404.476,"endTime":407.656,"body":"That's why we always have to look into"},{"startTime":404.476,"endTime":407.656,"body":"what we believe in and whether that"},{"startTime":407.656,"endTime":413.009,"body":"belief is restricting harmony, if that's"},{"startTime":407.656,"endTime":413.009,"body":"restricting peace, because of that we"},{"startTime":413.009,"endTime":415.279,"body":"can't judge someone's actions alone."},{"startTime":416.179,"endTime":420.979,"body":"I hope I'm making myself very clear there"},{"startTime":416.179,"endTime":420.979,"body":"that,  not everyone has bad intentions,"},{"startTime":421.189,"endTime":423.289,"body":"so we can't just judge the actions alone."},{"startTime":423.412,"endTime":427.009,"body":"There is always a reason why"},{"startTime":423.412,"endTime":427.009,"body":"someone has done a certain act"},{"startTime":427.009,"endTime":428.989,"body":"or has reacted in a certain way."},{"startTime":429.201,"endTime":433.251,"body":"We have to use our intelligence to 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someone's reaction disturbs me"},{"startTime":487.668,"endTime":492.378,"body":"the most likely the next action I"},{"startTime":487.668,"endTime":492.378,"body":"do will also be a disturbing one."},{"startTime":492.408,"endTime":497.613,"body":"It will add to the disturbance instead"},{"startTime":492.408,"endTime":497.613,"body":"of adding peace and allowing something"},{"startTime":497.613,"endTime":503.473,"body":"to have the space to breathe out,"},{"startTime":497.613,"endTime":503.473,"body":"I'm going to make it more cathartic."},{"startTime":503.503,"endTime":504.703,"body":"I'm going to disturb it more."},{"startTime":504.703,"endTime":506.713,"body":"I'm going to make more conflict out of it."},{"startTime":507.21,"endTime":512.37,"body":"The whole point is that we have to"},{"startTime":507.21,"endTime":512.37,"body":"be at such a point where we respond"},{"startTime":512.4,"endTime":514.5,"body":"to life rather than reacting to life."},{"startTime":515.01,"endTime":521.28,"body":"If we can do that, the karma"},{"startTime":515.01,"endTime":521.28,"body":"that we create is more harmonious"},{"startTime":521.475,"endTime":524.595,"body":"and that's the whole point and"},{"startTime":521.475,"endTime":524.595,"body":"that's a simple way to put it."},{"startTime":524.982,"endTime":526.412,"body":"Can we transcend karma?"},{"startTime":526.812,"endTime":530.885,"body":"This is a hot topic as well, because a"},{"startTime":526.812,"endTime":530.885,"body":"lot of people believe that if you are"},{"startTime":531.172,"endTime":536.762,"body":"self- realized, if you become enlightened,"},{"startTime":531.172,"endTime":536.762,"body":"then karma doesn't affect you."},{"startTime":537.542,"endTime":541.923,"body":"I would like to say that's not true"},{"startTime":537.542,"endTime":541.923,"body":"on the transactional level,  karma"},{"startTime":541.923,"endTime":545.073,"body":"will always affect you, 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didn't."},{"startTime":950.362,"endTime":955.115,"body":"They ended up sitting in a cave and"},{"startTime":950.362,"endTime":955.115,"body":"people didn't get enlightened by them."},{"startTime":955.492,"endTime":961.297,"body":"That could be seen as what would look"},{"startTime":955.492,"endTime":961.297,"body":"like good karma is now suddenly gray."},{"startTime":962.047,"endTime":962.827,"body":"You see what I mean?"},{"startTime":963.167,"endTime":965.477,"body":"Do ask you questions about"},{"startTime":963.167,"endTime":965.477,"body":"what you think karma is."},{"startTime":965.507,"endTime":968.267,"body":"Maybe you can help me"},{"startTime":965.507,"endTime":968.267,"body":"understand what karma is more."},{"startTime":968.267,"endTime":969.347,"body":"Let's discuss it more."},{"startTime":970.257,"endTime":974.327,"body":"The whole point is to do karma, which"},{"startTime":970.257,"endTime":974.327,"body":"has a non doership aspect to 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