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Choosing
Your Karma
by José
Stevens, Ph.D.
There is always free choice about
when to complete a karma. The choice to complete it is
made by essence at the time of initiation of the karma.
It will always be completed.
Let us say that you have karma
with a Mr. Chang who resides in China, and you live in
Brazil. On an essence level you feel an urge to return
the good deeds he has done for you in the past that
will take a full year to repay. You however have not
been able to travel to China and are heavily involved
in completing and creating karma in your locality. Mr.
Chang is able to visit Brazil for one week and you
feel a pull to attend a lecture he is giving in a
nearby city. You go out of your way to see him even
though the topic is not of interest to you. You
realize that although you are strongly attracted to
him you will not be able to complete the karma in this
life because of his short stay.
Such flirting with karma is a common
experience and happens all the time. On the other hand,
if Mr. Chang announced that he would be in the vicinity
for several years, the pull to complete the karma would
be almost irresistible.
Sexual attraction is one of the
greatest facilitators of karma. When an imbalance exists
between two people there is a strong essence-driven
impetus to balance the record sheet. However,
personality may sense a possible danger and wish to
avoid the situation. Strong sexual attraction will make
this avoidance less likely.
For example, if you embezzled a
large sum of money from Marsha in an earlier lifetime
and you suddenly run into Marsha in this lifetime you
may want to run and hide. You sense that she has come
to collect. However if you are distracted by the fact
that Marsha is now a beautiful blonde, your very type,
then your lust will lead you directly into the karma.
How convenient. You may later wonder how you ever
could have gotten involved with her after she has
divorced you and taken your house and car in
repayment.
Karma
and Time
How long
does karma last? Is there a time limit or a way to speed
it up? The answer is not a simple one.
Sometimes
karma lasts only for a few seconds, such as a short
intense pain; other times karma can last a whole
lifetime, such as having a benevolent aunt who
constantly looks out for you for many years. In another
vein, a foe can cause you the loss of your arm early in
life, a handicap that can last for decades. The length
of the karmic experience is directly in proportion to
the length of the first incident. If you deprive someone
of the use of their legs for twenty years then this
becomes a twenty-year karma. If you cut short someone's
life by one year then your own life will be cut short by
one year in a later life. If you raise an orphan with
kindness and generosity for twelve years then you will
be repaid with a twelve-year kindness. Balance then, is
the name of the game.
However,
you can drag karma on, escalate it or creatively
manipulate it according to the experiences and lessons
desired by all parties involved. In order for karma to
be truly complete, everyone involved must acknowledge
the completion of it at an essence level. Karma can be
such a delicious source of growth and lessons that often
all parties would rather refuse to recognize the
repayment and generate more karma instead. The karma
builds and becomes more intense lifetime after lifetime,
until ultimately the lesson of forgiveness is learned.
Sometimes a person will feel an intense tug to repay a
karmic debt that they owe you. You may recoil at their
appearance and try to avoid them based on past painful
experience. This is like saying "Oh no! Not you
again! I'm getting out of here!" So the chase is on
until the debt is repaid.
However,
people are not always successful at repaying the karma.
For
example, Tom may owe Susan for abandonment one
lifetime. Men they meet again the intention is to
repay the debt. Nevertheless Tom may get cold feet at
the prospect of being abandoned and instead repeat the
original offense by abandoning Susan all over again.
The karma then has just escalated. Small wonder then
that some people get skittish when they see their old
enemy show up. The question arises "Am I about to
be repaid or am I about to be burned again?" The
game of cat and mouse can go on for centuries. Again,
in the end, all is forgiven, balanced, and completed.
Occasionally
you play the game of "Who can be the most
generous?" lifetime after lifetime, by building
karma of a positive nature with someone. On the other
hand, old souls wishing to cycle off the planet become
adept at completing karma efficiently and creatively,
sometimes accomplishing several at the same time.
 This article excerpted
from
"Tao to Earth"
by
José Stevens
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About The
Author
 José
Stevens, Ph.D., is the founder of Essence Psychology and lectures
internationally on essence and personality, shamanism, and prosperity.
He is the author of Earth to Tao and Transforming
Your Dragons, and co-author of The
Michael Handbook and Secrets
of Shamanism. This article was excerpted with permission from Tao
To Earth, published by Bear & Co., Sante Fe, NM. www.bearco.com
The author's website is at http://www.pivres.com
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