一、前言
我家的信定師姐，是新時代 (New Age) 叢書的專家，尤其對賽斯 (Seth)及昴宿星人 (Pleiadians)的書籍，無所不讀。近日轉讀威爾科克 (D. Wilcock) 的新書， “同時性之鑰” (The Synchronicity Key)，講說同時性論證 (即佛經所說的感應、萬物一體論)、業力、轉世再生、歷史重演。不過這些論說，都是講俗諦、六道輪迴。

她每讀過之後，都將書放在我書桌上。我則來者不拒，每件事情的發生，都有其因由，都是學習的機會。因此都會上網查查簡短介紹，稍加了解。這次也不例外，在搜查 Karma (羯磨，業力) 的英文介紹時，驚奇的發現，洋人對此 Karma 的解說，相當廣泛、深入、正確。

我們普通對 Karma 的認知，是依佛經所講的因果報應，主要是從果報上說的。但洋人卻是從造作 (因上) 說的。信堅在此，以中英對照，介紹這業力 (Karma) 的新觀念。
   
二、Karma (羯磨、業力) 的定義
Karma is the Sanskrit word for action. It is equivalent to Newton’s third law of Physics: ‘For every action there is a reaction’. When we think, speak or act we initiate a force that will react accordingly. This returning force maybe modified, changed or suspended, but most people will not be able eradicate it.
羯磨是梵語 karman 的音譯。意譯為“業力”，指身、口、意三業的造作 (包括心念與行動)。正在造作的時候叫業。業發生後，不會消除，它將引起報應。它有如牛頓的物理學第三定律：“對於每一個造作，都有反作用”。就像山谷回響。萬物一體，互相感應。當我們思考，說話或行動時，我們會啟動一個力量，並相應地作出反應。這種迴旋力可能被修改，改變或暫停，但永遠被儲存在宇宙的共同意識裡，不能根除。

Your thoughts and feelings shape the world within you. Your words and actions shape the world around you. You are constantly changing your world, little by little.
你的念頭和感覺塑造了你的內在世界。你的言語和行動塑造了你外在的世界。你一直在不斷地改變你存在的世界。

The reason your fate is never truly set is because you have free will. Therefore your future cannot already be written. You can’t escape from your past, but learning from it will change your future. 人有自由意志，因此人的命運是可改變的。你不能改變你的過去，但你可從中學習，因而改變你的未來。

David Icke refers to Karma as the mirror or reflection. If you don’t like the way your hair looks in the mirror (the reflection you are getting back) you don’t comb the mirror, you comb your own hair. Basically this means, if you don’t like the results you are receiving in the outside world, you change the reflection by changing yourself. Your Future is an Echo of Your Past.
大衛·伊克不稱它為鏡子或反射。如果你不喜歡鏡裡人頭髮的樣子，你不會去梳鏡子，而是梳理自己的頭髮。基本上這意味著，如果你不喜歡在外部世界所受的結果，你就通過改變自己，而改變外境的反射。你的未來是你過去的回響。

The events that happen in our lives are not random; they are the direct results of the choices we are making.
在我們的生活中發生的事件不是隨機的;它們是我們所作決擇的直接後果。

However, karma is not meant to be a punishment. The law of karma transforms you into a better person. Karma is one simple word that expresses the concept of “Whatever you do will always come back to you”. – whatever we create is what we will experience. You alone are responsible for your actions. Remember the purpose of karma is not revenge. The universe is not vengeful. The purpose of karma is to help you become a better person.
業力並不意味著是一種懲罰。它是為了教導你成為一個更好的人。業力表達了“無論你做什麼，都會迴旋到自己”的概念 – 無論我們創造什麼，我們將體驗其結果。記住業力的目的不是報復。宇宙不復仇。業力的目的是幫助你成為一個更好的人。
[信堅註: 關於佛經對業力的詳細解說，請看 “略說因緣果報” ]

三、The 13 laws of Karma That Will Change Your Life
十三條可改變人生的業力法則
1. The Law of Cause & Effect 因果效應法則
What you have done unto others in past lives or in this one (cause), weaves the karmic agreement of your present and future (effect). Whatever one puts out into the Universe will come back to them. As you sow, so shall you reap.
你過去或現在所造作的事，編織了你現在和未來的果報。你所給予的，都會回旋到你身上。當你播種，你也會收穫。種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。你給別人的，其實是給自己的。地球是圓的，整個世界都在繞著圈子，不論你傷害誰，就長遠來看，你都是傷害到你自己。

2. The Law of Creation 創造法則
We are one with the Universe, both inside and out. Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state. 我們與宇宙一體。外境是內心的顯現。外在世界是內在世界的倒影與反映。發生在你身上的事，事先已經在你內心中發生過一遍了。

The law of creation means that life does not happen at random, it requires your heart to participate. All that surrounds us is the projection of our inner world. Yes, we are the universe.創造的法則意味著生命並不是隨意發生的，它需要你的用心參與。我們周遭的一切是我們內在世界的投射。沒錯，我們就是宇宙。

3. The Law of Humility 謙卑的法則
The law of humility is that whatever you want to change, you must first accept it. Whatever one resists, persists in their life. Resistance feeds too much energy into unwanted things.
謙卑的法則是無論想要改變什麼，你必須先接納它。凡有抗拒，永存在心。 電阻消耗太多的能量，轉變電能成無用的熱能。

Moving into the role of the observer will always help you accept more clearly that which is tugging on your soul. Meditating will also allow you to see it more clearly.
進入觀察者的角色將總是幫助你更清楚地接受那牽引你的靈魂的。冥想也將使你更清楚地看到它。

4. The Law of Growth 成長法則
It is we who must change and not the people, places or things around us if we want to grow spiritually. When we change who and what we are within our hearts, our lives follow suit and change too.
如果我們想增長靈性，那我們必須改變自己的習性，而不是改變我們周圍的人，地方或事物。當我們改變自己的心態時，我們的人生也會跟著改變。

5. The Law of Responsibility負責法則
How you think, feel and act reflects on what is internalized within you. We mirror what surrounds us, and what surrounds us mirrors us; this is a Universal Truth.
One must take responsibility for what is in one’s life.
你的想法，感覺和行為反映了你的內在的心態。我們反映我們周圍的環境，我們周圍的環境反映我們自己，這是一個普遍真理。一個人必須為自己的人生負責。

The law of responsibility states that if there’s something wrong in your life, there’s something actually wrong with you. What surrounds us mirrors us. You have to take responsibility for yourself.
責任法則是說，如果你的生命中出了問題，實際上都是你有過錯。外境是內心的顯現。所以結論是，你必須改變你自己。你必須為自己承擔責任。

6. The Law of Connection 連接法則
The smallest or seemingly least important of things must be done because everything in the Universe is connected. Each step leads to the next step.
最小或似乎最不重要的事情必須做，因為宇宙中的一切都是相通的。每個步驟導致下一步。

The law of connection states that everything in the universe is connected. The left foot taking a step is connected to the right foot taking the next step. Equally, past, present, and future are all connected.
連接法則表明，宇宙中的萬事萬物都是相連的。左腳邁出的這一步連接著右腳的下一步。同樣的，過去、現在、未來都有關聯。

7. The Law of Focus 專注法則
The law of focus states that you can’t think of two things at once. Whatever you focus on you will see even more of.
專注的法則意味著你不能同時思考兩件事。如果你專注於一件事，你會對這件事，看得更深、更廣、更清楚。

8. The Law of Giving and Hospitality 給予和熱誠法則
The law of giving states that in life, when you give, you get. If you want an open, free, and beautiful world, you have to make it so. The more you give of yourself without expectation of return, the more that will come back to you.
給予法則就是在人生中，有捨才有得。如果你想要一個開放，自由和美麗的世界，你必須敞開心扉，去創造它。施恩不望報，你會得到越多的回報。

Hospitality gives us an opportunity to help people feel welcome in our homes. It spreads happiness when the host smiles, offers refreshments, and helps people feel comfortable. It creates friendships. It brings people together in unity.
熱誠為我們提供了，幫助人們在我們的家園裡，感覺到受歡迎的機會。當主人微笑，提供茶點，並幫助人們感到舒適時，它散發幸福，它創造了友誼，它使人們結合在一起。

9. The Law of Here and Now 當下法則
One cannot be in the here and now if they are looking backward to examine what was or forward to worry about the future. Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, and old dreams prevent us from having new ones. Live in the present: Do not worry about what going to happen tomorrow, and do not always regret what happened yesterday, focus your spirit on what to do today.
一個人如果一直回想過去或擔心未來，他們不是活在當下，此時此處。舊的想法，舊的行為模式和舊的夢想阻止我們產生新的夢想。活在現在：不要想像明天會發生的事，也不要總是懊悔昨天發生的事，把你的精神集中在今天要做的事上。

10. The Law of Change 變化法則
Change happens everywhere. We must learn to be comfortable with change and eventually embrace it. Initiating changes through choice, will and practice. Initiating change while flowing with the changes as they happen, is a dance with life.
我們周圍的一切都在不停的變化。我們必須學會適應變化，最終擁抱它。通過選擇，意志和實踐，發起改變。在啟發變化的同時，隨順著變化的韻律迴旋，是與生命共舞。

History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path. Crisis is the turning point: the key wisdom to successful change in adversity.
歷史重演自己，直到我們學到我們需要改變我們的道路的經驗教訓。危機就是轉機：在逆境中成功變革的關鍵智慧

11. The Law of Patience and Reward耐心和報酬法則
Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil (work extremely hard or incessantly). True joy comes from doing what one is supposed to be doing, and knowing that the reward will come in its own time.
持久的報酬需要耐心和持續勤勞工作。真正的快樂來自於做自己應該做的事，並知道時機成熟後，就會得到報酬。

12. The Law of Significance and Inspiration 重要性和啟發性的法則
You get back from something whatever you have put into it. The true value of something is a direct result of the energy and intent that is put into it.
你將會取回任何你放進去的東西。東西的真正價值是能量和意圖的直接結果。

Every personal contribution is also a contribution to the Whole. Loving contributions bring life to and inspire the Whole.
每個個人的貢獻也是對整體的貢獻。愛的貢獻為生活帶來生命並激勵整體。

13. The Law of neutrality 中立法則
Just as the “Law of Gravity” always works to pull things toward the Earth, these “Laws of Karma” apply to all equally, no exceptions. The universe is neutral: there are no favorite ones, there are no cursed ones, there are only divine beings created by God and all these divine beings are loved by God equally, deeply, and completely.
正如“重力法則”總是努力將事物吸向地球，這些“業力法則”同樣適用於所有人，沒有例外。宇宙是中性的：沒有喜歡的，也沒有被詛咒的，只有神創造的神聖的生物，所有這些神聖的生物都感受上帝平等、深刻和完全的愛。