Hi fellow Amarantians,
I do not recall seeing a category for questions that clients usually ask either when we introduce ourselves (who we are including what made us become a past life regression therapist, how we became a past life regression therapist, why we became a past life regression therapist), history taking or during integration sessions. If such a category exists, point me to that so that I can post gist of conversations that I have had with my clients in the right category. If such a category doesn’t exist, maybe it is time to create such a category.
For this post, I have chosen one of the questions that I usually get <=> “What is Karma? Are we (am I) destined to suffer like this for ever? How can I come out of it? What is destiny and what is free will?”
Following is a broad outline or general theme in which I answer this question based on what I know from my life experiences …
Karma has many dimensions (aspects) to it. Action and time are just two of the many other dimensions (aspects).
When it comes to action, I remind myself of this key principle … what I want is balance in life. To enable balance in life, every action has an equal and opposite action. Does this mean that when I radiate love, I get hatred to maintain balance? No. When I radiate love, there is a chance for getting love in return. I say there is a chance because most of the times, results are not guaranteed in life. When I radiate anger and hatred, there is minimal or no chance for getting love unless others around me are enlightened beings. When I radiate love and get love, everything and everyone are in balance. Just that I need to be aware and realize that I am in balance. There have been many a times that I have not realized that I am in balance … that I have been chasing so much to be in balance that I have not realized that I am in balance
When it comes to time, I have to remind myself that while time can exist by itself in an absolute sense without memories and awareness, at the human level of existence, a sensible experience of time (past, present and future) exists because of my memories (of the past), awareness (of the present) and thoughts (of the future that haven’t happened to me yet). When I say that I want to forget the past (without accepting and forgiving), I have to remember (again, memory) to ask myself whether I want time or memories to stop existing or, whether I want to learn how to accept, forgive and let go of the memories? I have to remember to remind myself that letting go is not forgetting. Think of people without coherent memories - with dementia/Alzheimer’s/Parkinson and now think about what do you want to do about your past/present for a better future and choose your actions.
Coming to what is destiny and free will, I lean on a belief that destiny is something that has happened to me in the past and what is happening to me in the present; free-will is the power of choice that I have about what I want to do in the present based on what has happened to me in the past and what is happening to me in the present. There could be other beliefs and explanations. Personally, I lean on this belief than anything else for the simple reason that it gives me peace of mind and a sense of balance. Again, for free-will to exist, time and memories have to exist. There is no running away from the past, present or future. .
Note: Looking beyond action and time, other dimensions or aspects of Karma that I have experienced are energy-matter (causation) and space-time. Will post about these in a separate post.
Curious to see your responses to this post that, personally for me, is sounding like one of Nithyananda’s speeches