Anyone who walks a “pagan” path has heard the word
karma, believes in it. Most of humanity has heard of Karma and believes in it. For me personally, I cringe
whenever I hear it. There are reasons
why. Only one is truly important, and that’s
the one I’ve been led to share in this message today.
For most, karma means if you do something bad, something bad
will happen to you. And, the reverse is believed to be true also; if you do
something good, you’ll be rewarded. It’s a case of what you put out into the
Universe, will be visited back upon you.
For example, if you steal from someone, then someone will steal from
you, but they will take more than what you originally stole. Or, if you slander someone, someone will
slander you. I could cite many more
examples of what people believe Karma is, but you get the drift.
What makes me truly cringe though, are the ones that love to
cite Karma when someone they despise does something wrong. They are the first ones to say “Oh, Karma’s going
to bite him/her in the ass, and I can’t wait to see it.” They sit with their popcorn in hand, judging
the individual, while waiting for Karma to do her duty.
Seriously, when did it become our job to judge others and
the path they take? When did it become a
pastime to sit and enjoy another’s misery, no matter the cause? When did we become, judge, jury, and executioner
of others? Well, I hate to break it to
you, but we aren’t.
And, based on what is believed about Karma, by doing any of
that to another, we risk the same being done to us. Right?
Right? Think about it. Based on what most believe Karma to be, our
actions dictate what form and severity our Karmic backlash takes. So, if we sit in judgment and derive pleasure
from seeing someone else receive their perceived Karma, then the same will occur
with us.
Now, as I stated earlier, one of things revealed to me in meditation
is we have the definition of Karma all wrong.
I was asked by the Universe, Divine Source, or whatever you choose to
call God/Goddess to share what I was given.
So, here it goes.
Everything in the Universe is made up of the Universal
Energy. What we call the Divine, or God,
or Goddess, is this Universal Energy. We
are pieces of this Universal Energy that broke away from the whole. We sought to live physical lives, and in so
doing, we lowered our vibrational rate.
Because of this, we reincarnate again and again to raise our vibrational
rate to match the Universal Energy we came from. Once we do, we can rejoin with it, should we
choose.
You are probably asking yourself what this has to do with Karma. It’s simple.
Karma is us working to raise our vibrational rates. We do this by how we live our lives. The more we do good, the more we raise that
vibrational rate. When we do something
that causes harm to another, our vibrational rate lowers, and we have to work
to bring it up again. So, when we are “balancing
karmic debt”, we are actually trying to bring our vibration level back up to
where it was previously. Once we do
that, then we work on raising it more, always trying to return it to its
original state of being.
It is true that our vibrational rates are affected by people
and situations around us. It is also
true that living in a place that doesn’t match your vibrational rate can affect
you. I am experiencing the latter
now. The baser emotions of anger, greed,
contempt, and intolerance of the area have greatly affected me. Without realizing it, I let my vibrational
rate drop. Now, not only do I have to
work to raise it from deeds I did in my past life, I have to bring it back up
to where it was originally before I moved to where I am now. It is hard
work, but that is what we incarnate to do, to complete the cycle and return our
vibrational rate to one that matches the Universal Energy; the Divine Source.
So, how do we keep from letting the vibrations of a place or
others affect ours? If we can, we move
to a place or shed those in our lives who are not good for us. We align ourselves with a place and people
who are closer to the rate we vibrate at.
When we can’t do either, we need to be aware, shield ourselves the best
we can, and go on about our business of working on our Spirits. No one else can do it for us. Only we can by how we treat those around us,
not only people, but all of nature and the planet as well.
Our entire purpose in life is to show kindness and
compassion to our fellow world travelers.
It is through this purpose we raise our vibrational rate. When we raise ours, those we come in contact
with are also raised. When enough of us have
increased our vibrations, we affect the world around us. This, this is the entire purpose of Karma.
So, that, my friends, is the message from the Universe I was
given to share. I hope it helps. Until next time…
Raven
