What happens with karma?
by Mariana G
(Spain)
Hello Angela! I canīt thank you enough for your podcast. I live in Madrid and it is hard to get the latest material on the law of attraction, so my main tool is Internet.
Your introduction to this matter is very interesting! I just wanted to tell you that it was clear and precise: many people misinterpreted the whole The Secret phenomenon and I thank you for clearing out some points like free will and the natural laws...
It brings some reality into that very wide concept of "ask for anything and you shall receive". I mean, even if I wanted to (i`m not a doctor) if I had to perform surgery on somebody right now I couldnīt do it even if I really wanted to.
You are the first of many authors Iīve heard that tells me that I must do my part and take responsibility as well as work towards a certain goal.
Nonetheless, I would like you to explain one thing that nobody seems to talk about.
What happens with karma? I mean, if somebody sets their mind to having what I have (my business, my husband, my money, my job) and they think about it and itīs in their life plan to have it, when they get it I still believe they did something wrong. And as such, following the law of cause and effect there has to be some sort of punishment for bad deeds.... I donīt know if you can but would you mind helping me with the answer? Thank you very much! Mariana
Answer: Thank you for your comments about my law of attraction podcast. Karma is a complex topic, based on the rules of law of motion, but I will explain it as best as I understand it.
Karma is about teaching responsibility. It is the healing of the soul in its physical human form. Karma is an IMPERSONAL (it is not concerned with human notions of morality like punishment, right or wrong) energy that is built up from our intentions. It says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
This means that there is a reversal of energy that comes straight back to YOU the intender, of your intention.
Intentions are energy and are a result of our every action, thought and feelings whether we act consciously or unconsciously. Karma is then the balancing of the souls energy within our human reality.
If you remember that every human is energy, even though we see a solid human being, then it will be easier to understand Karma.
For instance, as a first case, if somebody sets their mind to having what you have (your business, your husband, your money, your job) and they think about it, and its their life plan to have it, when they get it they must take responsibility for the negative outcome.
Even in a second example, if you have good intentions to help someone and it turns out badly, you must again take responsibility for the outcome.
Karma as an impersonal energy merely wants to achieve the balance that has been disrupted in the universe. Therefore, in the first case you acted with negative intentions and got a negative result.
In the second case you acted with positive intentions and got a negative result. The first intention is clear, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction back to the intender.
The second result is more difficult, because your intentions will be hidden in the subconscious or unconscious mind. It will take a great deal of observations to determine your motives, and understand why negative outcomes occur from positive intentions. Maybe your motive is a feeling of superiority or one of control.
However, as far as the impersonal energy of Karma is concerned your intention was negative, and you the intender felt the negativity of the intention back to you.
Karma simply states: You get from the world what you put out to the world.
If you have been living a kind, and compassionate life now, but many negative things occur, then Karmic energy is likely at work.
An action, feeling, thought was put out to the universe that was unkind and destructive, and the result, impact, consequence has not yet been competed.
The reason why bad things might happen to good people is that Karma operates in this life time, but continues to balance itself over life times.
If you have no understanding of the soul, karma or reincarnation, when bad things happen to you, you will take them personally, rather than understand that the imbalance within the soul is being completed. Therefore, the negativity that was not healed in the soul in your past life flows into your present situation.
Some cultures believe that humans are incomplete energy seeking completeness. Such cultures treat one another with compassion, grace, and understanding to help in the process of completeness.
In most cultures without this understanding of the soul, karma or reincarnation one reacts with anger, depression, hate, withdrawal, and thus create more imbalance of energy, and of course more Karma.
Yes it is a cruel cycle that most people do not understand. Nelson Mandela is a great living example of a human that understands Karma. At least his actions suggest this understanding. He failed to judge negatively those that jailed him for 30 years for his beliefs.
As a black prisoner in South Africa, during the racist white apartheid regime, he could very easily have acted in anger and hatred towards his jailers. However, this would have created more negativity, and more Karma back to him.
Instead he decided to forgive those that hated him. By doing this he moved his soul to a higher level of completeness, healing and balancing of energy in this life time, and into his next life time.
