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Karma Isn’t Punishment or Cosmic Justice: Here’s the Truth You Won’t Hear from the Mainstream : Conscious Life News

Karma Isn’t Punishment or Cosmic Justice: Here’s the Truth You Won’t Hear from the Mainstream : Conscious Life News

Karma Isn’t Punishment or Cosmic Justice: Here’s the Truth You Won’t Hear from the Mainstream



By Jonathan Twiz | Collective Evolution

Now as a man is like this or like that,

according as he acts and according as he behaves, so will he be;
a man of good acts will become good, a man of bad acts, bad;
he becomes pure by pure deeds, bad by bad deeds;

And here they say that a person consists of desires,
and as is his desire, so is his will;
and as is his will, so is his deed;
and whatever deed he does, that he will reap.

— Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 7th Century BC

In the West we look at Karma as a cosmic law of justice — cause and effect, what goes around comes around, etc. You may be of the large majority in the West that look at karma as the balancing scale of justice that distinguishes right from wrong. Esoterically we look at karma as something that will affect you lifetime after lifetime, as in, the actions that you make in this life will affect the way you live in the next life. I don’t have any knowledge of what is beyond the here and now; with regard to this present moment, living in the now, you and I are still here, and that is as much certainty as we can get. It is for this reason why I will not talk about karma with regard to its effects on the next life. What I will talk about is the way in which karma affects you in this lifetime.


There are a lot more subtleties and layers of the human psyche involved in the way karma plays out. Your reality is your perspective, and over time your perspective of yourself is going to change based on your memories of your past actions and intentions. This will project an identity of who you think you are, which will enhance or diminish your sense of self-worth. One thing that is for sure is that who we are at the present moment is not who we will be in the future. As we live life and collect wisdom in our library of experience, we become more conscious of ourselves. Whether we choose to use this ever-growing consciousness to guide our actions is up to us (bearing in mind the consequences if we don’t). The simple awareness of your ego, past actions, and intentions gives you the freedom to carve a new destiny that will release you from your karma.

“No matter what happened to you in your past, you are not your past, you are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. And that is the basis for all change.” – Jordan Belfort

Awareness is the first step when it comes to removing karma. If you are not aware of your actions, intentions, and feelings, you will continue to make free choices that are heavily influenced by these same feelings–>intentions–>actions. People who are unconscious do not evolve. They are forced to learn things the hard way in life, and the more stubborn they are the more difficult it becomes for them to break free of their karma. Living an unconscious life, even if you get away with your choices, puts you in situations that don’t allow you to be free. For example, greed will attract the most fickle and conditional friendships and relationships in your life. Your ego will be built on a false identity of fleeting possessions which can lead to status anxiety. You will attract situations in your life where people make unconscious greedy decisions against your best interests. There is a wide spectrum of less than optimal scenarios that can and likely will occur as a result of living an unconscious life.

Related Article: The Karma Trap: 3 Life-Changing Distinctions About Your Karma

Again, this isn’t a universal punishment or a cosmic law of justice. The universe is indifferent, and the notion of good and bad are constructed in our own minds. The more selfless you become, the more chaotic you become to humanity. The more selfish you are, the more disharmonious you become with humanity. This person has a total lack of empathy for the situations they cause and in time they will increase the likelihood of running into situations that reflect their behavior towards them. This is the aspect of karma where the external environment that you attract becomes your karma. When you take from someone or harm someone, you are adding chaos and causing more disharmony in your life and in the collective. When you are empathetic and selflessly contributing to the collective, you are more in harmony with it.

People who have awareness of themselves are in a much better position than the unconscious person. This person may still continue to make selfish, ego-based decisions, but they are far more likely to be slapped in the face by the guilt. This guilt may even become further magnified if a psychedelic is taken. The guilt one experiences should not become your identity, but rather a wake-up call to rise to the occasion toward becoming a more evolved person. This is the type of karma where you’re feeling judged from within; your own mind is telling you that you are out of sync with your higher self. A bad trip can be nothing more than a look in the mirror, seeing all the ugly sides of yourself that disgust you to the point where you feel very uncomfortable with yourself. This is how psychoactive substances force us to break out of negative patterns of behavior; they show us our shadow side, which ultimately scares the shit out of us. You become aware of the two fighting wolves inside you, one which is good, the other which is bad. From this point on you know that you are responsible for the wolf that wins, which is the one that you feed.

Karma is real, part of it starts with how you’re starting to feel.

Karma is not just about bad deeds but it is also about how you feel about yourself. Your feelings and emotions have a lot to do with your karma. Eckhart Tole talks about the “Pain Body,” which is another identification with the ego. It makes us feel like victims whenever we don’t get what we want, feel misunderstood, or victimized. There are legitimate times when we feel wronged, but the degree to which we wallow in sorrow and/or anger can create bad karma for ourselves, even if we truly were the victim. Continuing to identify with these emotions will affect your perspective, adding a negative filter to your world. You will then take actions based on this perspective, which could lead to more circumstances that caused the initial sadness/anger. You will begin to cause problems in your reality that don’t even exist, all because you are identifying with your pain body all the time.

Related Article: 17 Friendly Gestures That Create Good Karma

When working on your karma, everything on the radar is just a tip of the iceberg. Karma is often a lack of awareness of how your patterns of behavior (which often come from your emotions) are holding you back. This is why psychedelics are popular among some people, as they have a way of showing you the karma that you’re not aware of. Emotions can cause a lot of misunderstandings because they filter your ability to process reality when in an emotionally charged state of mind. Subconsciously, unresolved emotions navigate our Ego through potentially destructive terrain. This can leave karmic imprints that create a repeat cycle of more unhappy circumstances. Emotions that we hold onto can manifest into stress which can cause all sorts of physical symptoms. It can even change the way the brain is hardwired. This is what is called in Vedic and Buddhist philosophy as “Sanskara.

Sanskara is “mental impression, recollection, psychological imprint,” and this meaning in Hindu philosophies is a foundational element of karma theory.

What Is Karma And Learn How To Create Good Karma : Conscious Life News

What Is Karma And Learn How To Create Good Karma : Conscious Life News



What Is Karma And Learn How To Create Good Karma
Written by Laurie Barraco MARCH 12, 2020in Conscious Evolution, Conscious Living, Inspirational with 17 Comments



Karma by definition is the sum of your experiences from this lifetime as well as previous lifetimes balancing themselves out. Often we ask ourselves, “What have I done to deserve these types of experiences? I am a good person and try to do the right thing, yet I keep having bad luck and experience challenge after challenge.” The answer to these questions has to do with karma and the soul's journey.

Why Me?
It is quite possible that you have in another lifetime or in this lifetime been the aggressor or taken advantage of another soul and now must experience the opposite perspective to have a deeper understanding of how our thoughts and actions affect others. Honestly, no one has “bad luck”. Our misfortunes or unfortunate circumstances may be the result of past life experiences, this lifetime's experiences, limiting belief systems or challenges that the soul has chosen to take on for its own evolution. It is often hard to fathom why the soul chooses these experiences, but the fact of the matter is that the soul has the most growth when challenged and overcomes negative patterns, belief systems, and struggles.

I'd also like to point out that our karmic experiences are not only the actions that we make but they are also our thoughts, emotions, and intentions. Just because we did not follow through with a negative thought, it does not mean that the laws of karma do not recognize the unhealthy intention, thought or emotion. Be mindful of what and where you give energy and intention to.

Here's The Good News!
The good news is that we can correct and minimize the negative karma that may be scheduled to head our way. By being a proactive participant and observer in our lives, we can recognize and catch ourselves when we notice a pattern forming or redirect our potential negative reactions (thoughts, words, and deeds) before we add to the negative karma bank account. The process of correcting and healing our negative ego is the main purpose of having this Earthly experience.

The Karmic Bank Account
There is good karma and bad karma, therefore all karma is not bad! It is human nature to focus on the negative events of our lives but by giving equal attention to the positive and awesome experiences we have, we bring in the energy of gratitude. Gratitude automatically is deposited to our good karmic experiences and is quite effective in evening out negative energetic boomerangs.

Karma Timeline
Karma isn't always instant, so please be patient when you are trying to be positive and are doing the right thing. People often give up and become discouraged and have a negative disposition when they do not experience an instant shift in their lives. This is the tricky part of karma, it is often a mystery when the tide will begin to change. In the meantime, keep forging ahead with your intentions of creating good karma.

What About Other People?
The only karma that we need to concern ourselves with is our own. Every action has a reaction and if other people have intentionally or unintentionally hurt you, there is the cosmic 2×4 that will be heading their way, either in this lifetime or in another lifetime. If we are consumed by revenge, we are creating negative karma for ourselves. The best thing to do in these frustrating circumstances is to surrender our negative thoughts and intentions to the spirit and redirect our reactions.

Now that we understand that there are cause and effect in our lives that are not just related to this life but is an accumulation of all of our lifetimes, we hopefully can shift from disempowerment and victimhood to a proactive, consciously-aware light being and create more positive and good karmic experiences in this lifetime as well as our future lifetimes.

Here's to an abundance of good karma coming your way!

Blessings and Light,
Laurie Barraco


Laurie Barraco

Laurie Barraco is a professional intuitive counselor, medium, author, recording artist, teacher and the owner of The Mystical Moon, a healing center in Fort Myers, Florida. Laurie offers readings, courses and healing products through The Mystical Moon Online Store. You can connect with her at The Mystical Moon Facebook Page.

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John Cardinal
May 15, 2016 at 10:11 AM

man listen … wow
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Joann Lee
May 15, 2016 at 10:14 AM

Don’t seek vengeance, karma will take care of it. Karma is that thing that sends you spiraling back to square one, hopefully a better person…or wash-rinse-repeat.
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Christine Jones
May 15, 2016 at 10:31 AM

The verse reads; For every good deed that you do a good deed be done unto you. It is vice versa if you do a bad deed.
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Corinne Omeasoo
May 15, 2016 at 10:36 AM

Thank you for that reminder. Namaste
Reply Laurie Kopercinski-Barraco
May 15, 2016 at 10:48 AM

Namaste’
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Kachi Ojum
May 15, 2016 at 10:52 AM

Whatever that emanates from you be it good or bad will come back to you.
Reply Sarath Wimalasuriya
May 15, 2016 at 6:43 PM

Yes , almost similar to the Newton’s third law of motion !
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Pancha Shakya
May 15, 2016 at 11:51 AM

Karma is what i truely believe in no needtevenge in my case coz i sure get to see them hurt worse all my life along so as i day no need to seek revenge or curse i don’t either let karma get them is all i say
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Jack Peatson
May 15, 2016 at 12:34 PM

Don’t have belief in it personally, but nevertheless it teaches a positive moral lesson (Y)
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Inday Mareya Nieyarata Jharina
May 15, 2016 at 6:20 PM

Thank you for this article, so enlightening, it gives me peace. I have been knocked down and I just pray hard.
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Zeljka Lukic
May 15, 2016 at 6:28 PM

Just be good to all and you gona be happy person!!!❤?❤?❤??
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Jason Andrews
May 15, 2016 at 8:56 PM

It can work with you or against you… It can be a never ending circle of giving or one of never ending viciousness
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Sourceoffuel Igcashi
May 16, 2016 at 12:25 AM

Nesuit Ma’at Auset
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Bryan Weaver
May 16, 2016 at 1:49 AM

I suppose one can try to create good Karma by doing good things; but, if something bad happens–despite the best of efforts–then, let it. Sometimes, you have to take the bad with the good.
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Ryan Thacker
May 16, 2016 at 4:37 AM

How does Karma decide who is at fault and who is rewarded? There are parents that believe in spanking their kids and parents that don’t believe in spanking the kids…some invisible force called karma decides which one of the parents will have punishment returned to them and which one is rewarded? Sounds like something somebody made up so they wouldn’t have to take responsibility. Cause and effect is very real, but karma……hogwash!
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AJ Agilada
May 16, 2016 at 6:52 AM

Karma it’s something about what you have done in the past, its either negative or positive side you have done and it will return back to you. ASAP.
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Angela Mumford
May 16, 2016 at 9:03 AM

For every action there is a corresponding reaction…
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[넷플릭스 추천 다큐멘터리] 불가촉천민 아이들, 운명을 벗어내다. '희망의 딸들'

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[넷플릭스 추천 다큐멘터리] 불가촉천민 아이들, 운명을 벗어내다. '희망의 딸들'
고꿈마2020. 12. 16. 

출처:넷플릭스, 희망의 딸들

원제 : Daughters of Destiny (2017), 미국
제작 Vanessa Roth
오스카상 수상자

사회문제 개혁에 대한 주제를 주로 다루는 영화인

1화 불가촉천민
다섯 소녀의 입학

2화 위대한 미래
성적과 시험, 현실의 괴리감

3화 나의 인생은 나의 것
대학에 들어갔지만 내 꿈은?

4화 이마에 적힌 운명
내가 도움받은 만큼 타인을 도우려하는 아이들


출처:넷플릭스, 희망의 딸들

이 다큐멘터리는 인도 사회의 가장 약자, 불가촉천민 계층의 여자아이들 5명을 중점으로 진행되며 7년 간 촬영 후 총 4편으로 제작되었다. 원제는 ‘운명의 딸들’이지만 어째서인지 ‘희망의 딸들’로 번역되었다. 아이들이 주어진 운명을 바꾸는 여정을 다뤘기에 원제가 더 어울린다고 생각한다.

이 다큐의 배경인 인도는 수 천년간 브라만, 크샤트리아, 바이샤, 수드라로 구성된 카스트제도를 유지해왔다. 보통 폐지되었다고 알고있겠지만, 알고보니 카스트제도에 의한 사회적 차별을 법적으로 금할 뿐, 제도 자체가 폐지되진않았다. 이 카스트제도에 포함조차되지않는다는 불가촉천민은 2011년 기준 12억 인구 중 2억 여명, 16%를 차지한다. 이들은 외모와 성씨만으로도 구별이 가능할 만큼 같은 울타리 속에서 그들끼리 살아왔고, 살아야한다. 차별과 혐오로 인해 대물림될 수 밖에 없는 가난과 그 중 가장 최약체인 여성과 아이들. 이 차별의 부산물을 걷어낼 방법은 무엇일까?


출처:https://www.shantibhavanchildren.org/


누군가 하루 2~3$도 벌지못하는 이들을 위한 방법을 생각해냈다. 미국에서 크게 성공한 인도인 사업가 에이브러햄 조지는 불가촉천민 계층을 대상으로 한 ‘Shanti bhavan’ 기숙학교를 세운다. 그는 교육의 기회가 없는 이 계층의 아이들에게 이 학교를 무상으로 제공하기로 한다. 대신 한 가정에 단 한 명, 매년 여아와 남아 12명씩, 4살배기 아이들이 입학할 수 있고, 입학부터 취업까지 선진적인 교육과정을 모두 무상으로 지원받을 수 있다. 그만큼 이 학교에 들어오는 순간부터 아이에겐 큰 책임과 목적의식이 필요하다. 학교의 설립자이자 교장인 그가 세운 이 프로젝트의 최종 목표는

우선 학교를 우수한 성적으로 졸업해 좋은 직장을 얻는 것, 그리고 자신의 가정부터 시작하여 자신의 지역, 불가촉천민들의 사회까지 자신이 받았던 기회를 다시금 환원하는 것, 이를 통해 최종적으로 계층 간 불평등의 대물림을 끊어내는 것

(좋은 직장 : 고용 안정, 경제적 안정, 사회적으로 인정받을 수 있는 직업)


학교에 갓 입학한 어린학생들은 처음엔 집을 그리워하지만 좋은 교육 환경에 진심으로 행복해하고, 숨겨진 재능을 빛내며 열심히 공부한다. 그러나 아이들은 점점 커가면서, 방학에 집에 가면 채석장에서 매일 돌을 깨며 가족의 생계에 보탬이되어야하지만 반대로 모든 것이 갖춰져있는 학교와의 괴리감을 느낀다. 학교를 계속 다니려면 높은 성적을 유지해야하는 압박감과 가족에 대한 책임감에 부담도 느끼기 시작한다. 게다가 어느 부모는 아이가 14살까지 다닌 학교를 그만두고 친척에게 시집가길 원한다.

혼란한 시기는 진로상담에서 절정을 맞는다. 가수의 꿈에 도전하고 싶은 아이와 목적에 맞게 안정적인 직업을 갖길 원하는 학교... 아이들의 심란한 마음 속, 어떤 결정을 해야할까?


출처:넷플릭스, 희망의 딸들


샨티 바반의 여자아이들은 열심이었고, 재능도 있었다. 그들은 기회를 잡았고 그 덕에 하루살이같은 지독한 가난과 자기보다 나이가 2배는 많은 가난한 남자와 결혼해 아이만 키우는 억압적인 생활에서 벗어날 수 있었다. 편견 없는 자유로운 환경이 만들어내는 변화의 힘이 얼마나 대단한지 다시금 깨달았다. 샨티 바반의 교장과 선생님들 같이 강단있고, 앞선 생각을 가진 사람들이 빚고있는 불평등의 역전이 곧 힘을 보여주길 기대한다.

다큐를 보는 내내 아이들은 사랑스러웠고, 무슨 일이 있어도 학교를 끝마치기를 간절히 바랬다. 후반부에서 안타깝지만 아이들에게 주어진 숙명을 위해 자신들의 꿈을 접어주길 바랬다...

지금도 많은 인도의 인재들이 미국으로 유출된다는데, 이렇게 소중한 인적자원을 차별만으로 방치한다는 것은 인권적인 문제는 기본, 국가적으로도 손실이지 않을까...

샨티바반을 졸업한 학생들의 근황은 아래 링크에서 찾아볼 수있다.

책을 냈거나, 대학원에 진학한 아이들도 있다.