STRESS IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE KARMA
Caller: One Buddhist practitioner has dreams daily and they are mostly dreams with implications, either premonition dreams or dreams that act as a reminder to him or someone else. As such, he is rather stressed out and is unable to sleep well.
To address this problem, what should he do, Master?
Master Jun Hong Lu: If he is stressed out, it means mentally he has deviated from the right path. What stress is he suffering from? The stress he gets from the dreams is no different from the stress in real life.
You must remember this – why is it that a person is stressed out? This is because he does things without much deliberation on the seeds he is sowing. Naturally, he will suffer from the pressure of reaping the fruit of his actions.
Caller: That’s true.
Master Jun Hong Lu: As a matter of fact, stress is the consequence of negative karma. When one first sows the seeds of ’cause’, he is usually unaware of them and thus won’t stress over them.
However, the moment the karmic ramification is effectuated, he will start to feel stressed out, inducing him into sowing more negative seeds of ‘cause’, during which more stress will pile on him. This vicious cycle goes on as he continues to react to the cause and effects that arise from his deeds. In the world of the mortal, this is called the cycle of the six realms of existence.
Caller: I see. Thank you, Master, for your explanation.
Source: Wenda20200306 08:26, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program
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