Celestial Fire

Everyone has probably heard of the notion of Karma at one point or another in their lifetime.  The modern age, has made information on just about every topic available in a way were the average  person has to do very little to access it. If you are someone who has never heard Karma, you may want to take a moment or two in your free time to look it up.   A simplistic definition of Karma could be defined as “What goes around comes around”.   A similar expression “An eye for an eye”  was more popular in the past.  However this expression is an incorrect notion of Karma in my opinion, and in many causes if someone were to follow this form of thinking that would most likely end up increasing their Karmic debt.  Think of a bank account, but in this account you want to keep a balance of 0.

When we interact with others we form attachments on both a physical and energetic level, this is true for everyone we come into contact with even if the interaction only lasts for a few moments, and we never see that person again.  If we do something to hurt someone else  in anyway either physically or non-physically, a karmic balance is added to your “bank account”.  Another way to say it is…If we are purposely act in a non loving way to someone else   we will accumulate a karmic debt.   This holds true to not only other people but to plants and animals also.  Some people may have trouble accepting this  because it suggests plants and animals are on the same level of humans.  I’m sorry if this notion causes discomfort for some, but to paraphrase  one of the great spiritual teachers, “Ignorance of the universal/spiritual laws does not make you immune to them.”  Meaning karma will effect you whether you believe in it or not.

As we rack up more and karma, it can become difficult to pay it all back in a single lifetime, and ultimately we will have to reincarnate over and over again until the balance is paid off.  Think of a 30 year house mortgage, you can choose to make extra payments earlier and pay off the debt sooner or not.  In some cases you may want to refinance your house and the result may be longer mortgage payment.  While comparing a mortgage to a Karmic debt may seem silly, but the abstract concept is similar.

I want to give a couple of examples regarding karma, that I read about a number of years ago.  A number of years ago I got the chance to read a couple of Michael Newton’s books (Journey of Souls & Destiny of Souls).  In one case he regressed a man who was abandoned by his mother at a very early age.  This left a “wound” on the man because he never got to meet his mother, nor did he know why she had left him on a doorstep.  During regression he said that in a previous life he was a Incan  leader, who had caught his own mother giving out food to less fortunate individuals.  Since he didn’t want to appear to be weak he had his own mother executed.  The mother in his current lifetime was the same soul,  and his lesson to learn was what it would be like without a mother.

Another example of karma can be found in the Law Of One teachings, were is states that it took life times for the people who sat in the stands in Roman Colosseum, and laughed at the people getting torn to shreds in the arena to be strong enough face an equal humiliation before paying back their karma.

By looking at these two examples we can see karma is not “An eye for an eye”.  It is much more organized and planned out.  An eye for an eye just fuels the karmic cycle because all you’re doing is repeating the same cycle.  So how do we balance out our karmic debts?  This is something that I’ve thought about from time to time for a long time.  I can only share what I do to try and limit how much karma I accumulate.  If any of you have other ideas on how to balance our karmic debts, please feel free to share them by leaving me comments.

My Personal Rules:

1.  First and foremost, I do my best to put myself in the another persons shoes, and see myself through their eyes.  This holds true to everyone I come in contact with and I find that when I do this it’s easier to relate to others in general.

2.  I do my best not to infringe on free will (another cosmic law).  Everyone has the right to have the experience they want, regardless if it’s the best experience for them or not.  We learn and grow from our experiences both the positive and  negative ones.

3.  I follow the Golden Rule.

4.  I use my imagination to  play out my frustrations, this allows me to see how things would play out in advance  if I behaved in a non loving way, and allows me to reflect on the situation before acting on it.

5.  If I’m  having a bad day and happen to do or say something that is non loving, and I realize it I do my best to to apologize for my behavior and make amends.

6.  I don’t hold grudges, or bad thoughts towards anyone.  I feel if someone wrongs you in anyway you should forgive no matter what.

7.  I constantly reflect on myself and following my intuition  to avoid overly karmic situations.  Don’t get this confused with locking yourself in your house and not living, but rather think of it as avoiding unnecessary Drama.

8.  Finally I never view Karma as a punishment, but a lesson that I have yet to learn.

Well I hope you enjoyed my post, check back often for new ones :).

PS. I hope you like the picture too, it made me smile.