By Dada J P Vaswani

Q: Why are we not born equal?

A: All are created equal. But in the same family, all children do not have equality of ability or intelligence. Is this inequality the result of karma? If so, is it fair? The answer to both questions, is ‘yes’. You are the architect of your own destiny. Every thought, emotion, wish and action creates karma. The good or bad we do affects us, and remains with us until we balance them out.

Do you know the story of a Polish Air Force pilot, Roman Tursky? He was flying over Germany when he had to make a forced landing. He sent his plane for repairs and spent the night in a hotel. The next morning, in the corridor, a man came running and collided against him. He was pale with fear and cried, "Gestapo! Gestapo!"  He was being hounded by the Secret Police. Tursky pushed the man into his room, under his bed. Soon the police came in and interrogated Tursky. He did not understand their language, and the police went away. 

The pilot offered to take this man to Warsaw where he was flying, but helped him get off a little before reaching the airport, as the police there could search his plane. Sure enough, when he landed at Warsaw, the police was already there to make a search for the man. 

Soon thereafter, in the Second World War, Poland was occupied by Germany. Tursky flew to England and joined the RAF, and became a war hero. He was a brave man, but his plane crashed. The critically injured Tursky was taken to the nearest hospital; he’d slipped into the coma. When he recovered, he found a man looking at him. He sid to Tursky,  "Do you remember me? You saved me. This morning I read the news that you were in the coma, and I flew here." What for?" asked Tursky."Because," the man answered, "I wanted to help. They say that I am one of the best brain surgeons. I operated on you.

This the Law of Karma – everything has to be balanced out – Good or Bad. So the Jeev has to be reborn till all karmas are balanced out. Only when the ‘I’ vanishes, the effect of Karma will also vanish.