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“Action”; the word is often used to signify the accumulated results of past actions which carry over from one lifetime to the next. These actions determine rebirth and the condition of the individual’s existence. Karma is seen as the chain of cause and effect, conditioned responses, and habitual patterns. It is the process of one thing leading to another, usually without much consciousness on our part.
“The path of awakening is often seen as a process of bringing consciousness to bear on this unconscious functioning of habitual patterns from the past, so that they no longer rule our life.” (Welwood, 302)
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