Karma
Karma has many different meanings. It has different meanings to different people and different belief systems or religions, like Hinduism and Buddhism. In this post, when I talk about Karma, I will be referring to the metaphysical laws that govern the manifestations of our thoughts and actions.
We could say that Loving intentions and actions create Loving Karma, which is wonderful, and unloving intentions and unloving actions create unloving Karma, which is experienced as different kinds of pain. You can learn more about pain in my article about unloving beliefs.
I believe that the reason Karma has never been explained in detail before is that in general, it has not been understood that the universe, our minds and four bodies (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual), go to great effort to prove to us that our beliefs are true, even when they are not. We are all designed that way. The universe will mirror your beliefs. Whatever is happening in your life, the experience you are creating or receiving as a result of your action or inaction as life moves on, is a mirror of what you believe, moment by moment. When you are in Love and experiencing Love, this is fantastic, totally awesome, heaven on earth. When you are feeling states of unloving emotions and experiences which come from your unloving beliefs, this can be annoying, fearful, boring, painful and even very painful. And all of your pain can be compounded by the presence of Love Reversals, which can make your life and your choices, very confusing indeed. Therefore, it stands to reason that you can empower yourself by learning more about how Karma, the results of your intentions and actions, work.
Karma is interwoven into the fabric of the Earth Project/the Matrix of Earth in such a way that it governs the way we live and enables us to learn from our actions and reactions and our choices to act, react or not act. The Karma system is so ingenious that its one purpose is to teach us that if we act and react in Love, we will feel great and if we act and react in an unloving way, we will experience pain. If you act or react in a Loving way towards other people, animals, plants, the earth, etc, you will feel your Love and you will be able to feel some of their/its joy or pleasure and if you act or react in an unloving way towards other people, animals, plants, the earth, etc, you will feel your pain and some of or all of their pain depending on the situation.
The way that Karma works enables us to have free will, the ability to choose Love or pain. Now why is free will so important?
Imagine what our lives would be like if we did not have the choice to do anything unloving or painful. If we couldn’t lie, couldn’t steal, or cheat or kill or interrupt, even if we tried because the metaphysics of life wouldn’t allow us to, then we would have very limited choices. If we didn’t have pain, if love was all we could experience, we would not be able to develop or strengthen our willpower because everything would be so easy. There could be very little growth and any growth that did happen would take a very long time to come about. This would make for a boring existence, but we wouldn’t know we were bored because we couldn’t feel the pain of it. We wouldn’t be able to grow very much. Progression in intelligence would slow to the speed of a snail. So, choice guided by pain, gives us the ability to grow intelligent in a short amount of time.
Look how far mankind has progressed in the past one hundred years. All of us working together have progressed our technologies in incredible ways — from horse travel to flights to the Moon and Mars in a hundred years. It is the motivation of a hungry stomach, the possibility of achieving a happy heart, and an active creative mind that make our lives wondrous, beautiful, fascinating, fun, and worth striving for. All this incredible growth has come about because we can be motivated and have choices.
So Goddess God, the Creators of Earth, have built into the metaphysics of Earth a system of consequential laws we call Karma that govern the results of our actions and lack of actions in some cases. For there to be free will, we must be able to make a mistake that might harm ourselves or others, create a little pain for someone, and interrupt someone’s space a little knowing that if we do there will be painful aftereffects. This gives us choices, provides excitement, helps us develop strength of mind, builds character and introduces all of us to the playing fields of Love verses pain.
An Unloving Act
Here is a list of what constitutes the basics of an unloving act:
Interrupting any being’s space without permission with unloving intentions
Lying
Cheating
Stealing
Intentionally hurting yourself or someone else or doing something that causes pain to any being including yourself (this includes humans and any animal with eyes and blood)
Defacing any person, place, or thing (dropping garbage where it doesn’t go, graffiti, scratching or breaking things to deface them, etc.)
Killing any human or animal except in self-defense or for any humane reason
The reason we say “the basics” is because there are literally hundreds of ways to create unloving acts. For example, a person could need to clear their throat and, after drawing up the phlegm into their mouth, spit it onto the ground. That would be fine if the place they spit is not being defaced. But if a person spit anywhere at any time with the intention to deface, that would create a Karmic effect. So, we can’t really list all the ways an unloving act could be committed, just the basics.
Karmic Effects
Any time any of us creates an unloving act, we will suffer the pain caused by the action and the Karmic effects that action caused. Here are some examples:
Interrupting
A girl is coloring in a book. Her brother decides he doesn’t want her to color, he wants her to play with him, and so he swipes the book and crayons to the floor. The moment the brother makes the decision to knock the book and crayons to the floor, he will get a pain in his gut. The pain is showing him he just made an unloving decision based on his intentions. The pain will intensify the closer he comes to swiping the book and crayons. Once he has done the deed, he cannot take it back. It is done. And at that point he has created a Karmic effect in the way of pain that must be experienced. The pain in his gut will intensify and stay that way until the effect is over. The length of the pain effect is based on how much unloving energy he put into the act and how much pain was caused by his actions. He will have to experience the pain he created within himself, the pain he created in the other person, and any pain that might have been experienced by a third or fourth party like a concerned parent or babysitter. Each time he does something similar, the pain’s duration and intensity increase.
If at some point before the effect is over, the boy realizes that what he did was invasive and feels how it hurt the girl’s feelings and he apologizes with empathy to the girl and anyone else his action hurt, a significant amount of the pain will be lessened. We will state here that if a parent tried to force a child to apologize and the child’s heart is closed when he apologizes, it does nothing for the sister or the boy. It would be good to do some creative parenting here to help the boy realize what he has done, making sure that there are open hearts all around. Only then will the boy be able to come to using empathy and bring peace to his past actions.
Lying
A working mother tells her daughter that she cannot go to the mall with her friends because she needs to go home and do her homework. The daughter decides to go to the mall anyway. The moment she makes the decision, she starts feeling fear in her stomach. As she walks to the mall, the feeling intensifies. In an attempt not to get in trouble with her mother, she lies to her mother and tells her that she didn’t go to the mall, that she did her homework. The moment the words have come out, it is done. She can’t take it back. She has incurred a Karmic effect in the way of pain that must be experienced. Her pain will increase until the Karmic effect is over. If her mother catches her, she will have to experience the shame and guilt of being a liar. She will have to experience the same amount of pain her mother experiences and anyone else it may involve. And she will not be trusted for the amount of time it takes to experience the Karma effect, which could last for a few days. If she doesn’t get caught, she will still have to experience the shame and guilt of being a liar and the pain and the duration will be even more than if she got caught. From this point forward, if she continues to lie, the pain and duration increase and the time she will feel like she is not being trusted could last for a long time.
If at some point before the effect is over, the girl realizes that what she did was wrong and feels how it hurt her mother to deceive her and she apologizes with empathy, a significant amount of the pain will be lessened.
Cheating
A couple is doing their taxes and they have their own business. While adding up how much they have been paid throughout the past year, they choose to omit any time they were paid cash. The moment they sign the completed tax form and put it in the mailbox, the Karmic effect starts and its pain must be experienced. As soon as they make the decision to cheat, they will both start feeling pains of guilt. Once they go through with it, the pain increases. From that moment, both people will find that they will have experiences in which they are not trusted until the effect has been experienced in full. They both will feel the shame and guilt of lying about their situation in the back of their minds, so to speak, throughout the entire time of experiencing the effects. The amount of money they did not report will be lost in mysterious ways. Here again, if they are not caught, the pain is more than it would be if they were caught. They will find that they will be cheated in some similar fashion from a fellow human being or entity or business. Each time they commit a similar offence the pain and duration increase and the time they feel that they are not trusted could last for a long time.
If at some point before the debt is paid, one or both people realize that what they did was wrong, apologize, and tell the I.R.S. the proper amount of money made, a significant amount of the pain will be lessened for one or both of them.
Stealing
A young man has just started shaving. He goes to the store to buy himself his own razor. He discovers that the extra blades are quite expensive, so he slips a package of them into his pocket and doesn’t pay for them. The moment he puts them into his pocket, he will start feeling the fear of getting caught. The moment he steps out of the store and he hasn’t paid, he will start to feel the Karmic effect of the guilt and shame of being a thief and the pain of it must be experienced. If the young man is caught, he will have to suffer the humiliation of being a thief, and he may be arrested and must pay the debt the storeowner or the court systems charge him. If he is not caught, he will have to experience the feeling of the humiliation, guilt, and shame of being a thief as if he were caught plus he will find that he will end up paying the amount of the value of the razor blades and fine, or more, from people stealing from him or some other catastrophe. The amount of pain he will experience if he is not caught is so much more than it is if he is caught, that it is usually better if he does get caught. The moment he steals, he will find that he will not be trusted until the Karmic effects have been experienced in full, which can take days, weeks or months. Every time he commits a new offence the pain and duration increase, and he will find that the feeling of not being trusted could last for months.
If at some point before the debt is paid, he realizes that what he did was wrong, apologizes with empathy, and pays the money back to the store, a significant amount of the pain will be lessened.
Intentionally Hurting Someone
If a mother or father hits their child for any reason, they will incur Karmic effects. The relationship of any parent to a child is sacred. The only reason for anyone to raise a child is to raise the child with Love in every fashion possible. There is never a reason to hit a child, ever. Parenting is about guiding and teaching, nurturing, mothering and fathering, not discipline. There are a number of reasons why the effects happen:
A child is quite helpless compared to the size of an adult and therefore cannot protect itself.
Hitting a child puts the child in a state of shock that confuses the child a great deal.
Hitting a child is communicating to the child that he or she has done something that is unforgivable or extremely wrong, both of which are not true. This is incredibly confusing for the child.
The pain the child receives creates physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual scars that can last a very long time, quite often a lifetime.
Hitting the child is teaching the child that hitting someone you Love is O.K., which is very wrong.
Hitting a child is teaching the child that hitting their own children is a proper way to discipline them, which is very wrong. It is not guiding them but imposing a fear-based relationship, which is very unhealthy.
Once a parent hits their child, they will incur Karmic effects and the pain of it must be experienced. There are many factors that determine the effects. How hard the child was hit, how angry the parent was while doing the hitting, whether an implement was used, the duration of the hitting, and how bad the child was hurt physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. It should be very clear here that anyone hitting a child will experience more than the amount of pain they created in the child plus the pain that action created in all other parties involved, like siblings, the other parent, friends, grandparents, or anyone who saw or heard about the transgression.
Reverting to hitting anyone for anything besides protecting yourself brings on a very powerful Karmic effect that makes it very difficult to grow and learn but this is especially true when hitting children. It will make you feel ignorant and appear ignorant to other people for a long time.
If the person comes to understand what they did was wrong and they apologize to the child with empathy and do everything in their power to keep from hitting or yelling at the child ever again, then a significant amount of the pain will be lessened. This includes getting professional help. (If you are a person that has been hitting your child or children, please seek professional help immediately) The person will also need to apologize to all other parties concerned. The person must learn to Lovingly guide the child instead of disciplining the child.
Another example of hurting would be a woman driving down the road on her way to work. As she merges onto the highway, a car almost sideswipes her. It scares her and she starts cussing and yelling obscenities at the person. As soon as the first angry word is uttered, she has entered into Karmic effect. Every word after that just makes the effect more painful. The woman is using her energy to hurt another person. The near-sideswipe was an accident, not intended to give harm. Therefore, reacting in anger or rage with harsh words is similar to hitting someone. It is like hitting someone with her energy and creates Karmic effects. If the people in the other car were standing in front of her, happy with their hearts open, and this woman started cussing and yelling obscenities, each person would feel the pain of her anger and rage. It would hurt their hearts. It would be a shock to their bodies and lives. It would take time to get over the shock. That woman will now have to experience all their pain. In the near future, the woman will find that after doing something that was innocent or accidental, someone will yell and cuss at her in a similar fashion that she did to the people in the passing car.
It is important for everyone to understand that your voice is very powerful. When you use your voice in Love, it is wondrous and marvelous. But any time you use your voice in irritation, anger, or rage to intentionally accost a person, you create strong Karmic effects for yourself.
Killing
There are two honorable reasons to kill someone:
Self-defense, to defend yourself, your family, your friends, or your country. (but only if your country is being attacked. In the case of soldiers, each soldier must decide for her his self if killing is honorable or not, before the killing is done. The decision to kill to protect must be made with an open heart and be in alignment with Love so that you know that it is your truth. If you blindly follow along with everyone else and find out later that your country was attacking for dishonorable reasons, you are the one who pulled the trigger, dropped the bomb, etc)
To protect someone else. For example, if a woman/man was holding someone hostage at gunpoint, it is honorable to kill the woman/man if there is no other way to stop her/him.
If a woman/man/child kills another person for a dishonorable reason, S/he will incur Karmic effects and the pain of it must be experienced.
If a woman/man/child kills a person dishonorably, s/he should turn her/himself over to the authorities and let them punish her/him to the full extent of the law because if s/he doesn’t the pain and duration of the Karmic effects will be much worse. When a person has been killed, her/his life has been shortened. All the good and amazing things that person could have done will never come to fruition. Therefore, the killer will have her/his life taken away as well and quite often be sentenced for the duration of her/his life in prison. Usually many people are affected by the sudden death of someone who has been killed. Therefore, the killer must experience all of the pain of all those people affected, throughout the time of the effects. If the killer is not able to experience all the pain in this lifetime, it will follow the person to her/his next lifetime.
There are certain scenarios in which Karmic effects for killing would be less than a lifetime. For instance, if a woman/man killed someone in a gang fight when s/he was eighteen. By time s/he is in her/his thirties, s/he is a different person and could be released from jail if that option was available.
You can see from these explanations that the Rules of Karma are powerful and apply to any and every person who incurs Karmic effects. All pain caused by Karmic effects must be experienced, but the duration of the Karmic effect depends completely on if the person committing the offense learns from the experience and changes their ways. If you have done any of these things and have not been caught, if you turn yourself in or apologize to the appropriate people, your Karmic Debt of pain can be significantly lessened and you can get on with your life with less pain and more wisdom and honor. It can be very challenging to go up to a person you have wronged in some way and apologize for what you did. You must swallow your pride and humble yourself to do it with an open heart. But doing it builds a lot of character for yourself and says a lot about who you are. It is very honorable to admit that you have done something wrong and be willing to do what you must do to make it right, if possible. That includes learning why you had the inclination to do it in the first place so that you can heal or remedy that impulse or habit within you. Healing the ‘why you did it’ will significantly lessen the Karmic effects as well. And you may be surprised at the aftermath of your apology. As time goes by, you will feel better about yourself after you have apologized and made whatever you did to harm someone as right as possible.
I would also like to state here that the scenarios we have presented are in no way a complete list of all the different ways a person can create Karmic effects. But the examples we have given you should help you understand that it is important to learn to Love yourself and everyone and everything around you so that you can learn to live with honor and integrity and to grow Lovingly wise.
To be clear, you are being created by Goddess God Love each and every moment. Your life is continually an amazing gift. If you think that you have wronged a person in any way and gotten away with it, you do not understand how you are being created every moment or how Karma works. You cannot fool Goddess God Love or yourself. It is simply not possible.
Also, if you were a person who was raised in the rough, so to speak, raised in a way so that your whole childhood was traumatic all the time, with the result that you have so many Love Reversals you find it very difficult to know what is right, what is Loving, and what is not, I and all of your Guides want to thank you. The path you have chosen is one of the hardest to bear, one of the hardest to heal. But if you can find it in yourself to do it, to heal all of the trauma, the payoff for your efforts will be more wondrous than you can imagine.
One of my editors asked the questions, “Isn’t this person experiencing Karmic payback? And if so, how did she/he consciously choose that?”
My guides expressed that when Godlings choose Earth to be their learning ground, they are shown how much pain they are going to have to go through to learn what they need to learn in order to become Loving, integrous, and wise. They are also shown the benefits of doing so, and it is these benefits that has billions of Godlings choosing to come here. These benefits are the new age we are about to grow into, the Age of Love and Truth. When they are shown the big picture, it is clear that some Godlings will need to experience more pain than others. In order for the Earth Project to work, there have to be people like Stalin and Hitler who create extraordinary amounts of painful Karma that must be experienced. The choice to live a lifetime such as Stalin’s is made on the soul level before coming to Earth, (just like anyone’s decision to come to Earth), but once here the lifetime plays out through ignorance. Everyone here is acting the way they believe is right. (It is the presence of Love Reversals that make their believing so confusing!) The Godlings that choose these paths are given extraordinary gifts as well, and if you are one of them, again, all of your Guides want to thank you.
Karma is not something to be afraid of. If you have done things that create painful Karmic effects, if you can find it in yourself to keep your heart open as much as possible while living through the pain of the effects, you will come to know honor and integrity, and it will make you a very powerful, Loving human. You can learn to adore your life.
The Earth Project provides for us the opportunity to heal almost any and every kind of pain that there could ever be and to heal it completely. Once it is completed, once all the trauma and unloving beliefs and unloving habits have been healed from every human lineage and every living human, we will be done. Billions and billions of souls will have been turned loose into the Cosmos to Love and create to their hearts’ content. We will make this beautiful planet into the Heaven it is intended for and it will be a testament to our labors of Love.
The universe will mirror your beliefs.
It is an ingenious system designed to give us free will and teach us how to grow BIG in Love, honor, and integrity.