The way of Wisdom lies, therefore, in recognizing things which happen to you as your own karma — not as punishments for misdeeds or rewards for virtue (for there really is no “bad” or “good” karma), but as your own doing. For in this way you come to see that the real “you” includes both the controlled and the uncontrolled aspects of your experience.
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