#248   KARMA

Karma is the law of moral causation. 'What goes around, comes around' 

'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you'

There are many people that think that KARMA is revenge. Someone has hurt you and this gives you the right to hurt them. No! Nobody has the right to hurt any living thing. 

KARMA is: You go out of your way for another,  and that action comes back to you; not necessarily by the person you helped, but somehow, some day someone does something for you. You get what you give, good or bad. 

The consequences of someone else's actions are not your concern. Karma is NOT about revenge. The way you react to a situation is your Karma, if someone handles the same situation badly that is none of your business, it is their Karma.  

Karma-Sanskrit: कर्म; means action, work or deed; it also refers to the principle of causality where intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual. Good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering. 

Your Karma is about YOU and only YOU. What YOU do/say returns to YOU in kind. You are not responsible, nor can you control, anyone else's Karma. If YOU want to get more, give more. This refers to anything happiness, love, money, anything. YOU GIVE, YOU GET! That's how the universe works. So be good and do good.

#247

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.

Once you open your mind to a new idea, a new experience, a new understanding, you are open, you can't unlearn your new knowledge. 

And by the same token, once you start doing your inner work and walking the path, once you embark on awareness, develop a new perception... you will never go back to what you were before.

You have awakened to some extent. Your mind has changed and you will never be the same as you were before. This insight will open your eyes, and maybe your heart to a new way of thinking, a new way of 'seeing' things. All it takes is a slight crack in your facade, to allow one new idea, one new thought, a change in the way you look at things to change your world. 

"Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change." Dr. Wayne Dyer

Next time something new is directed at you, if you find yourself experiencing a negative reaction; this is the time. Try opening up to something different, at least hear it out; then contemplate it for awhile, google it, investigate it BUT do not immediately negate it. You never know where your most profound, life altering moment will originate.

“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.” 

Frank Zappa

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” 

Albert Einstein

#246

The Universe in not punishing you or blessing you. The Universe is responding to the vibrational attitude you are emitting. Abraham Hicks

Law of Vibration: Everything in the Universe moves, vibrates and travels in circular patterns, the same principles of vibration  in the physical world apply to our thoughts, feelings, desires and wills in the Etheric world. Each sound, thing and even thought has its own vibrational frequency unique unto itself.

Law of Cause and Effect: Nothing happens by chance or outside the Universal Laws. Every Action (including thought) has a reaction or consequence. "We reap what we sow."

So, the moral is... you are responsible for the vibrations you are emitting. YOU are in charge. If you are whining and crying about how very sad your life is, you are asking the Universe to send you more of the same. If you are happy, joyful and grateful, you receive more love. It seems simple enough. So what is the problem, why are we always fighting it, don't we know by now that we are creating our own reality? 

Life gets in the way. Something monumental takes place, and you are in the middle of whatever feeling that evokes. If it is good, that's great, but if not you are in a low state. Feeling sad, feeling bad, for any length of time is causing you to experience a life devoid of joy. You have had a natural, appropriate human reaction, and it is OK to feel sad for a time, but not for a lifetime. Feel your pain, and then work on letting it go. Use the pain as a stepping stone to joy.

You want to attract joy back in your life. Therefore, send out good vibrations and allow the Universe to bring you the healing, love and abundance that is your birthright. 

#245

"There are two basic motivating forces: FEAR and LOVE. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement,+ acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life." John Lennon

Embrace life, said John Lennon. Live life fully, accept things as they are, do not fight the current, flow with the stream. This requires trust in the universe to deliver what you need. 

While you are out there trying to fix the situation, desperately jumping through hoops to end the strife and struggle; fighting what is... you will continue to get what you give out. You will get more struggle and strife, digging yourself a hole. You get what you give. If fear is running your show, you are not sending out positive, loving, accepting messages to the universe, resulting in a bigger hole. Most fears are not real. You must, of course, be aware of danger, but fear is simply manifested by change or some uncertainty in your life... the 'what ifs'. 

F.E.A.R. False Evidence Appears Real 

You will always get what you need, no necessarily what you want; and that may be the best thing that ever happened to you.

If you are coming from a place of love and acceptance, your life will flow more easily. Give love, receive love. First and foremost.... love yourself and it will naturally follow that you will love every living thing. Embrace your life.

#244

Trust the PATH unseen....

Don't let what happens or what doesn't happen bother you. Life has a way of rearranging perfectly. So what you truly need can come together.

You really don't have to obsess, plan, strategize, and set goals, all the time. All you need to do is simply go with the flow, allow the universe to do it's job. It is not necessary for you to control everything. It is not up to you, the universe is very qualified to take care of things. Too many people act as if nothing in the world could possibly function without them. I am certain that you would lower your stress level, if you allowed the universe to manage it's own business. 

Everyone has their own method of doing things, it may not be your way, but that doesn't make it wrong. It's OK not to have all the answers, just continue on your journey and trust the process. Everything will work out as it is meant to, when the time is right.  

Trust the journey, even if you don't understand it. 

You are in charge of your own destiny. Trust the universe, trust the journey, respect the process. Nothing will change until you do, and everything will happen as it is meant to, when it is meant to. It is the universal order of things. Be patient.

Breathe, Believe and Receive.

#243

In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.

You are an accumulation of all of your experiences.  You are who you are, because of where you have been. 

Since you have been working on letting go of all that has held you back; you probably have re-visited the parts of your childhood that you disliked the most. You may have anger and resentment build up due to these memories. 

They may not have been good times, but they shaped you. Some created any negative aspects left in your personality, but others have made you strong and successful. You are a fusion of every experience in your life. Every incident that created you has resulted in the person you see in the mirror.

What do you think of that person? Isn't she/he wonderful?  Part of learning to love yourself is understanding that you are perfect, just the way you are. Everything about you is unique and lovable. You just need to believe in yourself and all you have to offer. 

Everybody on this planet has something to offer. We are all necessary and important. Although, you will find it hard to acquire this attitude if you are still blaming your life on someone or something that happened in the past. You cannot change anything that has already taken place. Accept that it happened, that you survived and eventually turned it around. Look what you made of yourself, how kind and loving you are; even though you came from such a background. You need to be proud of that! It may be a hard climb, but you have done it. 

Leave the past in the past. Be thankful, be grateful and love yourself, just as you are.

#242

As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it. Eckhart Tolle

Once you start saying 'my', using the possessive pronoun, you are accepting it as yours. Therefore, if you say 'my migraines' or 'my cancer', you are embracing the disease. 

Disease is an intruder in your body and in your life,  do not accept it. You were born perfect and are perfect, disease is self created. Since you created it, you can heal it. Disease does not just happen to you, there is a reason, usually a message, connected to it. It is not the luck of the draw or DNA. Even though your family has a history of migraines, that doesn't mean you have to have them. As with everything, it is your attitude/reaction to a diagnosis that decides the true significance of it. It is a choice. You can choose to be 'scared to death' or see the situation for what it is, a lesson. Eliminate the fear; if you can choose to be scared you can choose not to be. Without the fear, you will realize that you will be OK no matter what takes place. Accept things as they are

You may want to further monitor your thinking and speaking. Saying things like 'you broke my heart, you'll be the death of me, you drive me crazy or that pisses me off', even positive feelings such as; 'my heart is bursting with joy,' is giving the wrong message. You are practically begging some health issue to come and invade your body, you are telling your body that your heart is meant to burst or break. Stop it.

And in the same vein; if you worry about a disease, if you are afraid that you might get it, you are attracting it. Anything that you think about, obsess about is what you attract.

Remember, you are perfect, just as you are. LIVE your life, don't anticipate problems. Look for the good in all situations. Find the lesson in every scenario and stay in the here and now, that is all that is real. Right now, this instant, you are OK....go with that.