18 November 2025
Unbreakable
Laws – and Rules
Believe
it or not, there are unbreakable laws. In the
present era when even the American president
breaks laws and ignores rules willy-nilly, we
might think quite otherwise. But then, this essay
is about laws which courts and lawyers do not
adjudicate.
We might begin with the Law of Love which is fundamental to our system since “God is Love.” But, that Law lies beyond this writer’s knowledge and ability to fully address at this time.
However, we can look at a great unbreakable law which has been relatively ignored in the West until recent times. That is the Law of Justice and Rebirth aka Karma and Reincarnation which is actually key to the Law of Love, as we shall see along the way.
Westerners often lean on Christian teachings which have come down in a somewhat distorted matter into the present days. Most Christians then largely believe that, “You live your life, die, and go to heaven or to some other unspeakable place to pass eternity.”
But, early Christian thinkers including Origen, Clement of Alexandria, and Valentinus held beliefs related to pre-existence and transmigration aka reincarnation of souls. Those beliefs were held by Gnostics and others. The wider church and its leaders rejected the teaching in favor of doctrines of a single life, resurrection, and final judgment. It seems clear that this stance helped to keep power and control of human lives in the hands of the church hierarchy rather than individual souls.
Jewish mystical traditions, such as Kabbalah, discuss reincarnation. Ancient Greek philosophical traditions incorporated ideas of the soul's transmigration. Over the ages, Hindu and Buddhist teachings have given important place to Karma and Rebirth. Into the present day, estimates suggest around 20-30% of the global population believes in reincarnation. And surprisingly in the United States, a recent survey found 33% of adults believe in reincarnation.
The renowned French writer-philosopher Voltaire said generations ago, “It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.”
Still, the “one man – one life” interpretation took favor even while Jesus in Matthew 11 told that John the Baptist is “Elijah who was to come.”
Then, Jesus’s disciples asked if a blind man had sinned before birth in John 9. The Master didn’t answer them directly about reincarnation but turned to say that, “this happened that God might be displayed in him.”
In Matthew 26, when Peter drew a sword to defend Jesus during his arrest, Jesus rebuked him and said, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.”
More broadly the New Testament in Galatians 6 declares, “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever a man so that he will also reap.”
The world is governed by Cause and Effect. There are no accidents – nothing happens by chance. Through the Law of Attraction and the Law of Karma, what we send out, comes back to us. But, Instant Karma is rare. It may take centuries for us to reap what we have sown.
The universe has innate memory which magically retains the temperament with which actions are taken. Then, it eventually stages reward as well as retribution to bring justice into manifestation. From an eternal point of view those effects play out in the perfect times, places and persons.
There are, in fact, Lords of Karma – called the Lipika – in the inner realms who record and oversee all happenings upon planet Earth. Those ethereal Beings assure that Truth, Beauty and Goodness ultimately reign supreme.
What we give out to others – from the least and poorest to the greatest and most powerful – comes back to us. In so doing, the Law of Love is fulfilled.
And, the Golden Rule found in all traditions thus finds its culmination. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
The Golden Rule, as generally recited in the West, amounts to the bright and shiny side of the coin called the Law of Justice and Rebirth.
Several versions of the Golden Rule which are given in the likes of, “Do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you,” point toward the Karmic imperative: “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” The bad as well as the good which we do assuredly returns to us.
So when we see the rich and powerful breaking
laws, flaunting rules, and ignoring social norms,
we can be assured that they will meet their errors
and abuses in full face some day down the road.
Winston Churchill once remarked that, “It is
conceivable that I might well be reborn as a
Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a
protest.” If Sir Winston mistreated anyone even a
coolie in the course of his recent lifetime, then
in a future time ...
Fortunately, humans grow and evolve individually and collectively. We slowly but assuredly learn to treat others with decency and honesty and eventually honor and love – if for no other reason than realizing that what we send out for good or ill surely returns to us in due time.
Inevitably however long it takes, we will fulfill the charge given long ago –
We might begin with the Law of Love which is fundamental to our system since “God is Love.” But, that Law lies beyond this writer’s knowledge and ability to fully address at this time.
However, we can look at a great unbreakable law which has been relatively ignored in the West until recent times. That is the Law of Justice and Rebirth aka Karma and Reincarnation which is actually key to the Law of Love, as we shall see along the way.
Westerners often lean on Christian teachings which have come down in a somewhat distorted matter into the present days. Most Christians then largely believe that, “You live your life, die, and go to heaven or to some other unspeakable place to pass eternity.”
But, early Christian thinkers including Origen, Clement of Alexandria, and Valentinus held beliefs related to pre-existence and transmigration aka reincarnation of souls. Those beliefs were held by Gnostics and others. The wider church and its leaders rejected the teaching in favor of doctrines of a single life, resurrection, and final judgment. It seems clear that this stance helped to keep power and control of human lives in the hands of the church hierarchy rather than individual souls.
Jewish mystical traditions, such as Kabbalah, discuss reincarnation. Ancient Greek philosophical traditions incorporated ideas of the soul's transmigration. Over the ages, Hindu and Buddhist teachings have given important place to Karma and Rebirth. Into the present day, estimates suggest around 20-30% of the global population believes in reincarnation. And surprisingly in the United States, a recent survey found 33% of adults believe in reincarnation.
The renowned French writer-philosopher Voltaire said generations ago, “It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.”
Still, the “one man – one life” interpretation took favor even while Jesus in Matthew 11 told that John the Baptist is “Elijah who was to come.”
Then, Jesus’s disciples asked if a blind man had sinned before birth in John 9. The Master didn’t answer them directly about reincarnation but turned to say that, “this happened that God might be displayed in him.”
In Matthew 26, when Peter drew a sword to defend Jesus during his arrest, Jesus rebuked him and said, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.”
More broadly the New Testament in Galatians 6 declares, “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever a man so that he will also reap.”
The world is governed by Cause and Effect. There are no accidents – nothing happens by chance. Through the Law of Attraction and the Law of Karma, what we send out, comes back to us. But, Instant Karma is rare. It may take centuries for us to reap what we have sown.
The universe has innate memory which magically retains the temperament with which actions are taken. Then, it eventually stages reward as well as retribution to bring justice into manifestation. From an eternal point of view those effects play out in the perfect times, places and persons.
There are, in fact, Lords of Karma – called the Lipika – in the inner realms who record and oversee all happenings upon planet Earth. Those ethereal Beings assure that Truth, Beauty and Goodness ultimately reign supreme.
What we give out to others – from the least and poorest to the greatest and most powerful – comes back to us. In so doing, the Law of Love is fulfilled.
And, the Golden Rule found in all traditions thus finds its culmination. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
The Golden Rule, as generally recited in the West, amounts to the bright and shiny side of the coin called the Law of Justice and Rebirth.
Several versions of the Golden Rule which are given in the likes of, “Do not do unto others what you would not have done unto you,” point toward the Karmic imperative: “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” The bad as well as the good which we do assuredly returns to us.
Fortunately, humans grow and evolve individually and collectively. We slowly but assuredly learn to treat others with decency and honesty and eventually honor and love – if for no other reason than realizing that what we send out for good or ill surely returns to us in due time.
Inevitably however long it takes, we will fulfill the charge given long ago –
“Love one another, as I have
loved you.”
John 13:34
“And throughout all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.”
William Blake
John 13:34
“And throughout all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.”
William Blake
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