Gautam Chawalla's Correspondence with The Mother

5 November 1966

We suffer because of our karma, don’t we?

Suffering is the result of separation and ignorance. Karma only determines the kind of suffering that each one goes through, according to one’s nature and actions, as the fastest way to make progress. Suffering is not a punishment, but a logical and inevitable consequence — inevitable unless the Grace intervenes, and the Grace always intervenes in response to faith.

5 November 1966