It has come to my attention that there is still some confusion and serious denial about the relationship between karma and personal responsibility. We are at the end of a year of opportunity for huge karmic clean up with still more work to do. It is important to understand each and their relationship to one another so that you make the best use of this time.

Karma is a debt that is incurred when one kills without need of food (human or animal) or interferes with another’s Spiritual Path. The debt is a lesson that must and will be learned. Lessons are the foundation of our evolution as humans and souls.

We choose how we learn our lessons and, therefore, create our reality. Because we are the architects of our world, we have responsibility in everything that we experience*. We orchestrate our experiences to learn as quickly and efficiently as possible. The reward is all the love, magic and beauty this magnificent school (Earth) has to offer.

We are not victims. When we attract harsh events, it is because of guilt carried from other lifetimes with a myriad of contributing factors*. Each experience in our lives has purpose and brings with it important lessons. In the moment, those lessons can seem unbearable and yet, with time, powerful and magical transformations can occur.

You can have gentle, easy opportunities to come into greater understanding and compassion for yourself and others. Most of us have a tendency to pick the harsher rout because we still believe life has to be hard and lessons come at a price. It is not so. Actually, lessons are only as challenging as they need to be to get your attention and bring you the point of consciousness, decision and change.

We all know that the anticipation of facing a fear is scarier than the actual event or person. When you stand in the face of the ugly, ask not “Why did this happen to me?” but “What am I to learn from this?” In taking the responsibility of self-examination and forgiveness (for SELF and others), the lessons do get gentler. You will grow past the pain and loneliness and into greater strength. Your courage and conscientiousness will bring you closer to attracting what you want instead of what you fear or dislike.

That ugly is your own internal judgment. What do you believe you deserve? What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of being alone? Being shunned? Being broke? What is the truth that you carry that scares you? In your greatest fears and deepest beliefs about what you deserve lie your lessons. They will be learned. When you face them, accept responsibility for them and learn from them, you will release yourself from the karmas. You are not a victim of your life. You are learning the lessons that you have chosen and choreographed into your life. Don’t be afraid of them. Embrace them. Learn from them and become free.

Blessings to you all,