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{Buddhadharma} Karma—the notion of cause and effect

Karmic power and the unconscious

In terms of psychology, the unconscious is not something that we can control or are aware of, while karmic power, a Buddhist concept similar to the unconscious, is a kind of power produced by our actions in countless past lives, which we can change our karma by understanding its source and not letting it grow.

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