title: Karma and Reincarnation: The Key to Spiritual Evolution and Enlightenment
author:  Hiroshi Motoyama 
description: Karma is the moral law of cause and effect. This law assumes that every action bears an equivalent result at some point in time. It can affect our present -- and our future. We are taken on a journey of understanding. Karma and reincarnation are brought to light through both personal anecdotes and philosophical exploration. By truly understanding the nature of karma, we can find the path to true enlightenment.
zlib_text: The Paratwa
    
   Paratwa 03
    
   Christopher Hinz
    
    
    
   This one is for Earl Hinz and Pam Reynolds
    
    
   from The Rigors, byMeridian
   It was the time of our emergence. It was the time of the fast coming, when the. Earth was still vital and
  the Ash Ock were fresh as today's memory; in retrospect, a fragile era, but one where life itself seemed
  aglow with all manner of possibility, where we Paratwa felt destined to rule the Earth, to rule the stars. It
  was a time when each of us sizzled under the, spell of our own unique simultaneities, relishing the genetic
  fates that had cast our souls into two bodies instead of one. It was a time when our binary spirits seemed
  molded by the essence of some primordial ubiquity, our bodies glazed to perfection, our minds burnished
  by the hands of an immortal poet.
   It was a time of the Ash Ock, the royal Caste—those Jive unique creations whose sphere of influence
  exploded outward from that secret jungle complex deep in the Brazilian rainforest, envel