Karma

What exactly is karma, anyway? Many still ascribe to the “what goes around, comes around” definition of karma. If we do bad things, those same bad things will happen to us, whereas if we show kindness, that same kindness will return into our lives. By this definition, karma is a kind of spiritual scoring system where we accumulate credits and demerits that we then have to live with.

In actuality, karma is the energetic residue of the all the choices we have ever made throughout the existence of our Soul that have aligned us with negative energy. There is actually no “good” karma – there is merely the absence of karma. Let’s have a detailed look at what this means.

All Souls from time to time, whether intentionally or in ignorance, have made big and small choices that align with negative energy. Any decision based in fear, anger, hatred or guilt, for example, is a choice that aligns with negativity. Often, negative influences trick us into making these choices. Nevertheless, we remain responsible for these decisions. The intentional or accidental alignment with negativity becomes a part of our Soul record. This is how karma becomes a part of our Soul’s story.
Because we are Lightworkers, however, we strive to overcome these negative influences. We work hard, lifetime after lifetime, and generate experiences in which we are given the opportunity to make a different choice within a similar situation – this time, one that aligns with Divine Light. Decisions that are based on love, joy, compassion, confidence, and caring are choices that align with Divine Light. This is how we transcend our karma – by choosing Light over and over again.

Karma is in itself a limitation. With karma present, the Soul must generate experiences that allow it to transcend that karma. There is work we must do that is based on past choices. Sometimes, we keep making the same ignorant choice for negativity over and over again – only to be presented with the same opportunity again and again to choose Light. This is how karmic patterns are generated. Eventually we learn, sometimes painfully and throughout many lifetimes, to align with Divine Light.

It is when we live without karma that we are truly infinite in our self-expression. Free of karma, we are able to generate experiences based on our choices in the present, rather than negative choices of the past. Free of karma, we are truly able to become the limitless Creators of our experience.

The formula towards this goal is simple enough: Make only choices aligned with Divine Light. While simple, this is certainly not easy! Few Souls incarnate without the limitation of karma. However, this is the state we strive for. And we can renew our conscious commitment towards this task at any moment. We can make a decision to align with Divine Light with every choice, great or small, as it presents itself. By being completely and utterly conscious and present, we can choose Divine Light as the core of our Being with every breath we take.

Karma is certainly a limitation. But it is also an invitation, an opportunity. Karma offers us the chance to renew our commitment to Divine Light, to make a different choice. And every time we choose Light, new windows and doors become open to us on our path of Soul growth. During the holiday season, perhaps more than at any other time of year, we are invited – and sometimes challenged – to align with Light. By embracing this season with great consciousness, you are preparing yourself for a New Year of previously unavailable opportunity.
Blessings,

Andrea

Trust the Expert

I think as a society we love the idea of “experts” – people highly skilled and specialized, with a more knowledgeable perspective than we have access to. And experts definitely have their place. They have developed an interest or skill in an area we basically couldn’t care less about. If I need to have my house rewired, I would certainly call an electrician, rather than study up on wiring myself.

There exists a temptation, however, to abdicate our own inner wisdom and authority to someone with “expert status.” It is so reassuring to think that if we just follow the easy Steps One, Two, and Three, our current issue will be resolved and we can move forward with our life. And sometimes, that’s exactly what happens, and we are glad we “called in the experts.”

But sometimes we start feeling a little discomfort at Step One. Regardless, this is “the expert’s” prescription, right? And so, bowing to their greater knowledge, we proceed to Step Two. Now our situation may seem worse. We feel uneasy and distressed. Growing pains? We call back the expert, who assures us that this is sometimes part of the process. No pain, no gain. And, again, sometimes the experts are right.

And sometimes, we experience a nagging feeling in our gut, or a voice in the back of our heads, that says “this is not for me.” Now we have a choice to make. Do we listen to that voice, or do we do what the “expert” says?

It takes a lot of courage at this point to go inward and make the decision that serves us the most. Nothing is scarier than to fly in the face of experience and knowledge and take matters into our own hands, based purely on intuition and instinct. And yet, in my book, this is where the rubber meets the road. This is where we either believe in ourselves and our inner wisdom and knowledge – or we disempower ourselves for the sake of an external authority, because we are afraid of being “wrong.”

When you find yourself in this place, I encourage you to remember this: Only you can be the “expert” of your life: your relationship, your child, your finances, your business, or your physical body. Steps One, Two and Three will still be there if you believe that they will serve you down the road. In the meantime, however, trust the true “expert” – you!

Blessings,

Andrea

Knowing vs. information

I’ve been reading an interesting book – “The God Code” by Gregg Braden. I have to say, I had to fight my way through the introduction – too much stuff about how we’re all destroying each other. His solution seems to be (I’m only about half-way through) to show conclusively that we all carry the name of God in our DNA, and that this unifying message will bring about peace, love and understanding.

Anyway, through a convoluted system involving the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the basics of numerology, and the four building blocks of our DNA, he comes up with this “evidence” that we are all an embodiment of the Divine.

I have to say, reading this I was in turn amused, puzzled and frustrated – because to me this is completely self-evident! How can you not already KNOW that we are all an embodiment of the Divine? How can this not resonate as Truth, without any need for “evidence?” Has science removed us so far from inner knowledge by bombarding us with “information” that is based in “fact?”

It seems like there’s a lot of science out there (quantum physics, string theory, etc.) that is going out of its way to prove what we’ve known for thousands of years. But is all this proof necessary? Or does it just continue to separate us from clear and certain knowledge that is intuitive, instinctual, and comes from a higher plane of existence?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this! What do you already “know?”

Blessings,

Andrea

Start Where You Are

In setting our goals for the future, we often use our past experiences as a frame of reference. We wish we could get back to being less stressed, having more financial freedom, more personal time, or a healthier body. We look back to our past life circumstances, and try with all our might to recreate those same circumstances in the present. We try the same stress management strategies, the same diet or workout, the same financial plan that worked so well for us in the past. And, very often, we find ourselves frustrated at a lack of results. Why can’t we recreate what we once had? Often, when we look at the past, we may feel like we’ve lost something – a fortune, a career, a sense of well-being. We know what we’ve achieved in the past – surely we can do it again? Of course we cannot. We cannot do anything “again” because we simply cannot move backwards, much as we’d sometimes like to. The truth is that we cannot move forward into our desired life circumstances by reliving the past. In order to move forward and create change, we must first truly embrace and acknowledge our starting point – which is always the present. To recreate the past means dismissing all the experiences and changes we’ve undergone in the interim. To try to “go back” to past circumstances would mean leaving a part of who we are unacknowledged and uncelebrated. When we are undertaking an effort towards a new state of health, or financial abundance, or fulfillment in our careers, let us first embrace the journey the brought us to this present moment. So maybe our waistline has expanded, or our bank account has dwindled – but what have we learned? How have we grown? The truth is that, since those past circumstances we so long for, we have utterly and irreversibly changed. Perhaps the change was for the better, or perhaps – in our perception – for the worse. But we are no longer the same person. And so it stands to reason that, in order to move forward, we must embrace who we are now, in all our present circumstances. There is no opportunity to “go back.” And, if given that opportunity, would we really want to? We short-change ourselves on the joy of discovery and exploration if we attempt a path that we’ve trodden before. We encounter only frustration trying to take a previous road from a different starting point. Why not go somewhere completely new and different, rather than somewhere we’ve already been? Why not cultivate a “beginner’s mind” and allow ourselves a path of new experiences, new insight, and new growth? Let’s start where we are, by embracing the present. Let’s move forward, one step at a time, acknowledging all that we are today. And let’s discover new growth on a new path. Blessings, Andrea

Listen to Your Own Advice

Once again, I was struck this week how the things we ourselves need to work on show up in our surroundings. The advice I gave two people last week was something that, this week, I myself really needed to hear!

When we find ourselves assisting others with our perspective, giving advice or support, we are well served by noting whether perhaps we, ourselves, could use a little bit of what we’re dishing out. So pay attention the next time you’re giving friendly advice, and see how it might apply to your own life.

What we need always shows up – even in the form of friends or clients and their issues.

Blessings,

Andrea

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