15. DO APPLES GROW ON MANGO TREES?
Have you ever seen apples growing on mango trees? 'Ridiculous!', you would say. 'This is impossible!' But why? Because the universal Law of Karma will not permit it. ‘As we sow, so shall we reap.’ This is the law that exists throughout the world. No region can escape it. It is a universal law.
The Law of Karma is constituted so that things happen automatically. The good you do will come back to you, and if you sin, you will never win. We human beings have to pay back for every bad deed. Just as every seed will bear fruit, so will every deed unfold as a fruit, a reward of our own actions. The law needs no intervention but how it functions remains a mystery. While there is no doubt about the presence of this law, when we will be rewarded or punished is unknown to us.
This law contradicts the existence of a distant heaven and hell. Whether we will be rewarded for our good deeds or punished for our sins, it happens right here on earth. Therefore, whatever is unfolding in our life here today, is a result of our past actions. We can't run away from it. However, we can perform deeds today that will unfold as our destiny tomorrow. We human beings must realize the Truth about life and death, God, heaven and hell. We cannot deny the Law of Karma, but we must go further to realize that the body will die. Then who will experience Karma? Who will be reborn on earth?