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Ste....Some a look fi Paradise in a physical form...but Paradise is a state of mind...and if you search long enough and hard enough...you will find!------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- The explanation of karma can differ per tradition. Usually it is believed to be a sum of all that an individual has done, is currently doing and will do. The results or "fruits" of actions are called karma-phala. Karma is not about retribution, vengeance, punishment or reward; karma simply deals with what is. The effects of all deeds actively create past, present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life, and the pain and joy it brings to others. In religions that incorporate reincarnation, karma extends through one's present life and all past and future lives as well. It is cumulative.------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- Throughout this process, many believe God plays some kind of role, for example, as the dispenser of the fruits of karma.Other Hindus consider the natural laws of causation sufficient to explain the effects of karma. Another view holds that a Sadguru, acting on God's behalf, can mitigate or work out some of the karma of the disciple.--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- The "Law of Karma" is central in Indian religions. All living creatures are responsible for their karma — their actions and the effects of their actions — and for their release from samsara. The concept can be traced back to the early Upanishads."AS YOU SOW SO SHALL YOU REAP"------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------FOURTH STATE :Hindus believe that everything in the Universe is in a state of creation, maintenance or destruction. Similarly, the mind creates a thought, maintains (follows) it for some time and the thought ultimately dies down (perhaps to be replaced by another thought). In addition to the three states of consciousness, Hinduism puts forward a fourth state of being called Turiya or pure consciousness, where the mind is not engaged in thinking but just observes the thoughts. Actions in the Turiya state do not create karma. Meditation is a practice aimed at giving individuals the experience of being in this objective state. An individual who is constantly in the turiya state is said to have attained moksha where their actions happen as a response to events (and not because of thought process); such actions do not result in accumulation of karma as they have no karmic effect.