However, do not assume that just because a person has a physical handicap that he is facing up to karmic consequences. Sometimes the soul may choose a difficult life to help it learn its lessons more quickly. There is much misconception about karma and exactly how it operates. Understanding the law of karma can give us confidence that we are in control of our own lives. When we realize that all of our experiences are the result of our own conscious and unconscious choices, we also see that we ourselves are in control of our own fate.
Nothing is beyond our control.
Cayce explained that the purpose of karma is to help us live in harmony with the laws of the universe, not to punish us. In fact what creates the karma is not the deed, but the belief that led to the deed itself. It is thought and feeling that drives the Universe, not deeds In other words, Karma is the Universal law of cause and effect. It is a law that is embedded in this Universe. We all have free will, freedom to choose how to grow.