49 What is the definition of karma? Does it mean that you must meet the person who has done something bad to you in a future life? If so, how can you break the cycle of karma?

 

The applicable divine principle in this example is the one on Oneness. 

No one and no thing exists outside of God. We are part and parcel of the One God. What we do to one, we do to all. What is felt by one is felt by all. We are One.

Jesus affirms, “What you have done to or for the least of your brothers, you have done for me.”

Therefore, you can offset whatever harm you may have inflicted on another by repaying your debt or compensating that someone else for the harm. And conversely, you will at times be rewarded or punished not by your actual victim but by perfect strangers, in their place.

Karma is usually understood as a reward or punishment for someone’s action. What you sow, you will reap. But karma is more than just this.

Karma was never intended by God to reward or punish, but to teach. We learn more about a thing when we experience them first hand. We prefer to emulate and desire what is good and pleasurable. And from the pain or suffering we endure, we learn not to cause it or do the same to someone else.

Hence, whatever conditions, circumstances or situations can best teach ua will always be made a part of our life, even though this may involve some pain and suffering in the process. We always receive as much as we give in the same full measure. 

There is no escaping the consequences of your karma. All debts must be paid. You must realize your mistake and compensate in full. And finally, you must learn your required lessons.

However once learned, then the unwanted experience won’t need to be repeated ever, again. It is your learning that breaks the cycle.