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“It is the wonderful paradox,” he continued, “that the best way to achieve happiness for oneself is to give happiness to others.”

Karma operates not so much as some external credit-and-debit ledger but more as an energy, a charge that grows over time. This is how even small acts of generosity, especially when motivated by the best intention, can become causes for much greater wealth in the future.” The actress and her colleagues were studying him closely. “Where it gets inter

I knew that behind this appearance was another reality. As I was discovering, even the most powerful first impressions could mask a very different truth.

We are not simply passive receptors of events. At all times we are actively projecting our own personal version of reality onto the world around us. Two people in the same circumstances will have very different experiences of what happened. This is because they have different karma.

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“I still get surprised. When people allow the well-being of others to become their motivation, the results are simply …”

wealth karma we already possess. Hard work and shrewd business dealings are conditions for wealth but so too is generosity.”

“Most people think that their only option is to change their circumstances. But these are not the true causes of their unhappiness. It has more to do with the way they think about their circumstances.”

It was not my circumstances that were causing me distress but my belief about these circumstances.