What if you arrived one day and found the pastor, priest or spiritual leader gone and the church or place of worship closed down?

I've been absent for a while despite knowing life goes on with or without me, but it was for a good reason. I've been experiencing a setback, which has led to a greater appreciation for how life works. There is a karmic bond between what we do to others and what returns to us. Remembering this karmic Law of Cause and Effect allows us to forget about the negative energy coming from others, to monitor the energy coming from ourselves, and to minimize stress in our lives.

Currently, most of us attend some kind of weekly service to fulfill our spiritual needs. What if you arrived one day and found the pastor, priest or spiritual leader gone and the church or place of worship closed down? Would you stop praying and give up on achieving spiritual greatness? A spiritual shutdown would never happen because the spiritual message does not begin or end with the spiritual leader in charge. There is nothing strong enough to stop the need to worship and pray. It is karmic, and it stems from our psychological or emotional need to achieve the greatest good. Karma is a natural source of inspiration that forces us to do better, to seek forgiveness, and to achieve spiritual greatness.

Karma is part of a universal cycle of ebb and flow, which allows us to live, learn and achieve our best. Our causes lead to natural effects based on positive or negative energy that we create and pass on to others. Without karmic effects, we would not learn and would not make positive changes in our lives. We would stagnate and spiritually die with nothing to strive for, pray for, or hope for. Karma is the universal Law of Cause and Effect, which forces us to spiritually grow and improve our lives. Karmic energy is always working and never shuts down, so the concept of "forgiveness" and forgetting is an illusion.

Our pathways in life are based on our karmic footprint, which determine our fortitude or obstacles, despite all else. Karma is always in motion, returning our energy to us, so the next time you think the world stops turning just for you and that your crimes will be forgiven, just remember what you have already heard: "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed," only transformed. The Holy Bible also acknowledges the concept of karma in this statement: "You reap what you sow." (Poem forthcoming).