Are the reactions of our present actions mixed with our past reactions? Or do we get the past reactions separately?

Question from Sushant Brahm Are the reactions of our present actions mixed with our past reactions or do we get the past reactions separately Answer they are usually mixed because life is dynamic and the super soul who is overseeing the unfolding of our karmic destiny has infinite intelligence so that he brings out the reaction in the best possible way for our spiritual evolution that means if I overeat or if I eat something which is not suitable for my health sometimes my stomach may get spoiled my health may get spoiled sometimes it may not why is that sometimes I get exposed to inclement weather and immediately I fall sick sometimes I get exposed to inclement weather and don’t fall sick why the difference so actually generally speaking the reactions are a combination of our past and our present actions and often our present actions can make things worse because destiny which we think of as entirely fixed it is also changing or developing as per our present actions certainly from our past karmic actions past karma past actions good and bad actions there is a quantity of reactions that we are going to get that is fixed but at the same time within that fixed quantity fixed range what we are doing right now also changes it doesn’t change destiny but it changes the way destiny manifests so for example if I am driving a car and by by some past karmic reaction that car is going to have malfunction but then if I am driving at a breakneck speed because of my own passion and then when the car has a malfunction the consequences will be far more dangerous than if I were driving safely so that way the important point when we face some issues is not whether it is because of my past or present actions because the whole principle of karma is not for post mortem it is for prognosis so rather than thinking whether this was caused by my past or present karma we should focus on what can I do to prevent such recurrences so obviously if despite my driving safely the accident occurred then I understand that it was a past karma but if it was because I was driving at reckless speed and the accident got more aggravated then I need to know that I shouldn’t drive so recklessly so in general rather than thinking of whether this present reaction has come because of my past or present actions usually it is a combination of both what we should do is where we can find a cause from this life we should look at that cause and try to address that cause as much as possible and if some devotee is upset with us we shouldn’t think that it is some past life karma because of which I have to deal with this upset devotee we should find out what is the cause because of which the devotee is upset and try to deal with it as much as possible wherever we can’t find any cause wherever there doesn’t seem to be any cause or we are unable to address the cause then we can understand that it is because of past life reactions but either way the focus should be not on just resigning to destiny but doing what is within our scope to make sure that we do things right.