I suppose a more proper name for this blog would be, "When Karma Isn't Really Karma." What I mean by that is this: Sometimes our concept of what karma is and is not may be skewed. Does doing something for your own benefit instantly mean that it is a bad thing? Does the Rede apply only when we aren't operating from an altruistic world view or does it apply only when we knowingly go out of our way to hurt someone or some thing? What about the Three Fold Law? What if we, as inherently good people, are operating from a mindset of guilt and duty? Is karma skewed by our thoughts?
I ask these questions for a reason. According to the Law of Cause and Effect, all of our actions (and reactions) have an initial cause. The action/reaction we have is then the effect and, like ripples in a pond, becomes another cause. However, in thinking about karma and it being an effect of some action, then why is it that bad things happen to good people? Could it be their mindset? Could it be that they expect something bad to happen, therefore it does?
I know a woman. She's a good woman with a good heart, yet she lives in a place of guilt. She has a very low vibration and that is the place where she lives her life. It is evident, by her actions, that she feels like she doesn't control anything in her personal life, so she is a complete control freak at work. She gives of herself to certain people and she is unappreciated or feels unappreciated. This place where she lives is a very dark one, but since it is all she knows, she chooses to martyr herself to everyone around her.
A couple of weeks ago, life threw her a big curve ball. She wrecked her truck after spending most of the weekend helping some friends with a fund-raiser for their son with a brain tumor. Of course, after totaling out her truck, she came to work all gimped up and obviously needing to be at home resting. She was devastated that she'd wrecked her truck. I mean near tears over it because she bought this truck and planned on never buying another one, ever. Period. She looked at me and said, "You know, whenever I help someone out, something bad always happens to me." My response was, "Well, maybe you need to be a little more selfish, then." She was dumbfounded and wandered away confused.
Now, I know that my comment sounded rather callous. However, if insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then maybe she should try being selfish. That's where my thoughts went. But from where I stand, she didn't have bad karma, indeed, doesn't. When she does nice things for people, it raises her vibration. Subconsciously, she doesn't want to be better, happier, etc. So, when she does something nice, subconsciously something bad has to happen to counter it. Interestingly enough from listening to her talk about things, the 'bad' is a near perfect counterbalance to the 'good'. She donates $200 to a charity that means something to her and the next day gets a bill for $200 out of the blue. That's not karma, that's manifestation.
So, do our thoughts dictate our karma? I think about my own life and how, since changing my view, I don't have 'bad karma'. Yes, unexpected things happen and I don't live a life of unicorns with rainbows shooting out of their asses, but truly bad things just don't happen to me. I have friends who just don't have to deal with truly bad things happening, either. This has led me to believe that what we term karma is a direct reflection of our own thoughts. If we live in a place of goodness and plenty, we will have goodness and plenty, but if we live in a place of guilt and poverty, then surely it will be ours.
Until next time, brightest of blessings my friends!
I ask these questions for a reason. According to the Law of Cause and Effect, all of our actions (and reactions) have an initial cause. The action/reaction we have is then the effect and, like ripples in a pond, becomes another cause. However, in thinking about karma and it being an effect of some action, then why is it that bad things happen to good people? Could it be their mindset? Could it be that they expect something bad to happen, therefore it does?
I know a woman. She's a good woman with a good heart, yet she lives in a place of guilt. She has a very low vibration and that is the place where she lives her life. It is evident, by her actions, that she feels like she doesn't control anything in her personal life, so she is a complete control freak at work. She gives of herself to certain people and she is unappreciated or feels unappreciated. This place where she lives is a very dark one, but since it is all she knows, she chooses to martyr herself to everyone around her.
A couple of weeks ago, life threw her a big curve ball. She wrecked her truck after spending most of the weekend helping some friends with a fund-raiser for their son with a brain tumor. Of course, after totaling out her truck, she came to work all gimped up and obviously needing to be at home resting. She was devastated that she'd wrecked her truck. I mean near tears over it because she bought this truck and planned on never buying another one, ever. Period. She looked at me and said, "You know, whenever I help someone out, something bad always happens to me." My response was, "Well, maybe you need to be a little more selfish, then." She was dumbfounded and wandered away confused.
Now, I know that my comment sounded rather callous. However, if insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then maybe she should try being selfish. That's where my thoughts went. But from where I stand, she didn't have bad karma, indeed, doesn't. When she does nice things for people, it raises her vibration. Subconsciously, she doesn't want to be better, happier, etc. So, when she does something nice, subconsciously something bad has to happen to counter it. Interestingly enough from listening to her talk about things, the 'bad' is a near perfect counterbalance to the 'good'. She donates $200 to a charity that means something to her and the next day gets a bill for $200 out of the blue. That's not karma, that's manifestation.
So, do our thoughts dictate our karma? I think about my own life and how, since changing my view, I don't have 'bad karma'. Yes, unexpected things happen and I don't live a life of unicorns with rainbows shooting out of their asses, but truly bad things just don't happen to me. I have friends who just don't have to deal with truly bad things happening, either. This has led me to believe that what we term karma is a direct reflection of our own thoughts. If we live in a place of goodness and plenty, we will have goodness and plenty, but if we live in a place of guilt and poverty, then surely it will be ours.
Until next time, brightest of blessings my friends!
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