We are like fish in an ocean of karma. It is in us. It is around us. There is nothing we sense or think or feel that is not saturated in karma.

There is one radical change that can happen in this situation. The one who experiences karma can dissolve. This change ends suffering and dissatisfaction, but it is unlikely to happen spontaneously. There are three karmic fields, that when cultivated carefully, lead to this dissolution. Thoughts, words, actions.

For most of us, most of the time, there is no space between cause and effect with our thinking, our speaking, and our actions. To make this radical change, we must open up space between cause and effect so the magic of choice can enter, and redirect causes into new effects.

We see our thoughts and their effects and choose thoughts that don’t have the effects of causing suffering to ourselves, others or our world.

We see the words we are about to speak and know their effects. Instead, we choose words (or silence) that heal rather than hurt.

We notice our actions we are about to move into. We refrain from those that deepen our entanglement with illusion. We instead choose actions that support our efforts to be free.