Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you sacrifice and give away, whatever austerity you practice, do it as an offering to Me. Thus, you will be freed from the consequences of your actions, all of them, virtuous or sinful. By this principle of renunciation, you will be liberated and come to Me.

In truth, all thoughts, words, and actions produce effects, which lead to good and/or bad consequences, which in turn will cause consequences in the form of benefits or suffering, felt at the end of this present life, but certainly throughout the next life, for reincarnation is a reality.

The more wickedness we display, the more we express through thought, word, and deed hatred, racism, indifference, and coldness of heart towards those who are different from us, the more the mass of our evil deeds increases due to the darkening of our minds, and the more we will be led to suffer in our present life, but especially in our future life, for reincarnation is a reality.

This is why people sometimes say, “Why this repetition of misfortunes, or what have I done to God to suffer so much?”

In reality, we ourselves are responsible for the illnesses, misfortunes, and suffering we endure.

It is our desires, our cravings, our selfish actions for our own benefit, that are at the root of the good or bad consequences of what we wish for ourselves alone.

Therefore, karma, the law of action and reaction, the law of cause and effect, or the law of nature according to which every material action, good or bad, inevitably leads to consequences, which have the effect of further binding its author to material existence and the cycle of death and rebirth.

To put an end to this and have a happy life, it is enough to love God, to obey Him, to serve Him with love and devotion, and to love all living beings, humans, animals, and plants without exception.

God alone controls everything for us. We are all under His protection. Even the material body in which the soul has reincarnated does not belong to it, for it is the property of Lord Krishna. We arrive in this world with nothing, and it is with empty hands that we will leave it when the time comes. Everything belongs to God.

In reality, the cause of all illnesses is spiritual in origin. And the major cause is the forgetting of our loving relationship with Krishna, God, the Supreme Person.

The soul that loses all contact with God forgets its own spiritual identity and engages in countless material activities that entangle it in a web of karma. This karma causes it suffering, and instead of turning to God to alleviate its pain, the embodied spiritual being seeks material solutions which, unfortunately, in turn lead to other karmic reactions, and therefore other sufferings.