Spirituality - If Karma works, then why are so many corrupt people successful?

Spirituality - If Karma works, then why are so many corrupt people successful?

When Duryodhana was dying, defeated in war, he still felt that he was successful. He had lived the life of a prince, had riches and comforts while his cousins, the Pandavas, wandered hungry in forests. So he felt he had a good life while the Pandavas were failures. 

But his whole life, Duryodhana found no peace. He would complain that he could not sleep at night; he would be haunted by nightmares and see Yudhistra being crowned king and see himself being slain. All his wealth could not buy him rest. 

Success, and happiness, means peace. It means a calm mind where you are not scared about getting caught for taking a bribe or jealous of your colleague for getting a promotion. Because greed, jealousy and fear form a vicious cycle. You take a bribe but you cannot stop at that. You want more money because your neighbour has more and it goes on. 

If you yield money the wrong way you’ll be rich but you won’t find peace. Your blood pressure will rise, you’ll fall ill, be in a foul temper due to the stress, scream at your loved ones and then the people you are earning for will become distant from you. 

You will surely earn money, and lots of it, provided you are pursing a career that is your swadharma. 

Swadharma is the reason you are here on planet earth. It is your soul’s most urgent desire – it could be playing cricket, singing, leading a country or developing software. And once you pursue it you will find happiness. 

If your swadharma is cricket then you must play it to the fullest, till your soul is satisfied. And you must play without any conditions. Do not crib that your opponent is unbeatable, do not crib that that the pitch is poor and do not cheat. If you follow your swadharma you will find happiness, which will include lots of honest money. 

So don’t envy the corrupt lot out there, pity them. They are in terrible agitation.