Whenever we experience any suffering or any negativity, we should understand that it is a result of our previous actions. Even if we do not believe it, we should start with the assumption that we asked for the reaction through our actions some time in the past - and do not try and avoid confronting your actions by assuming it was millions of lives ago - assume that the action was in this life, because most of the time it is.
Pray to Krishna "please show me what I have done to others to deserve this suffering, and please guide me so that I may learn the lesson you are teaching me".
(Source: H.G. Urmila Mataji - QnA session, IPS Retreat
Simhachalam, Jandelsbrunn, Germany, Aug 2005)
