The 12 Laws of Karma
Karmic Painting by Horacio Cardozo
- THE GREAT LAW - As you sow, so shall you reap. This is also known as the Law of Cause and Effect. Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back to us. If what we want is happiness, peace, friendship, love…Then we should BE happy, peaceful, loving, a friend. Negative energy sent out to others will come back to you 10 fold
- THE LAW OF CREATION - Life doesn’t just HAPPEN, it requires our participation. We are one with the Universe both inside and out. Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state. BE and DO yourself what you want to have in your life.
- THE LAW OF HUMILITY - What you refuse to accept, will continue for you. If what we see is an enemy, or someone with a character trait that we find to be negative, then we ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence.
- THE LAW OF GROWTH - Wherever you go, there you are. For us to GROW in Spirit it is WE who must change and not the people, places or things around us. The only given we have in our lives is OURSELVES, and that is the only factor we have control over. When we change who and what we are within our heart, our life changes too.
- THE LAW OF RESPONSIBILITY - Whenever there is something wrong, there is something wrong in me. We mirror what surrounds us and what surrounds us mirrors us: we must take responsibility for what is in our life.
- THE LAW OF CONNECTION - Even if something we do seems inconsequential, it is very important that it gets done as everything in the Universe is connected. Each step leads to the next step and so forth and so on. Someone must do the initial work to get a job done. Neither the first step nor the last are of greater significance-they were both needed to accomplish the task. Past, Present, Future…they are all connected…
- THE LAW OF FOCUS - You can’t think of two things at the same time. You should climb up a ladder on step at a time. When you lose your focus you let in insecurities and anger.
- THE LAW OF GIVING AND HOSPITALITY - If you believe something to be true, then sometime in your life you will be called upon to demonstrate that truth. Here is where we put what we SAY that we have learned into PRACTICE.
- THE LAW OF HERE AND NOW - Looking back to examine what was prevents us from being totally in the HERE AND NOW. Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, old dreams…Prevent us from having new ones.
- THE LAW OF CHANGE - History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path.
- THE LAW OF PATIENCE AND REWARD - All Rewards require initial toil. Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil. True joy follows doing what we’re suppose to be doing, and waiting for the reward to come in it’s own time.
- THE LAW OF SIGNIFICANCE AND INSPIRATION - You get back from something whatever you’ve put into it. The value of something is a direct result of the energy and intent that is put into it. Every personal contribution is also a contribution to the Whole. Lack luster contributions have no impact on the Whole or work to diminish it.
Yoga Poses for beginners, excellent video series :)
Put on some meditational music in the background an never mind if the poses aren’t perfect yet. Just let go and enjoy the moment.
Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to permanently shed a few pounds? Why there are so many diets and none seems to work?
I’m just reading Good Calories, Bad Calories which is shuttering whatever is left of my belief in western science. Don’t get me wrong, I love reading about new achievements and discoveries and I’d still love to think about scientists as independent masterminds solving nature’s puzzles just for the sake of wisdom.
At least for the Western science this might be wrong. This book (thouroughly and independently researched so far I know) shows how science goes wrong as soon as industry develops an interest in a matter.
Eg. around the 1970’s there where two theories about why we get fat: it was either sugar or dietary fat. Scientific evidence pointed to sugar, but for the industry it was way more profitable if it was fat because this way they could market new and expensive products. So what do we believe today? Correct. Good Calories, Bad Calories tells the story of study after study being either manipulated or ignored just to get the results the industry wanted. And there’s just no way to mess with the food industry, because too many people earn big money from others being fat.
At the risk of sounding like a conspirer: you can’t trust what you’re being told about your health. The whole system depends on you being sick in some way, because if you weren’t, you wouldn’t buy something to get better and they’d run out of business. It’s that easy, sadly. (There are many books written about this matter; I always thought they were exaggerating… but did you know that low-fat-diets seem to promote cancer?)
So for me, I’ve decided that the only way to stay healthy is to inform myself from as many and as independent sources as possible. And while it’s really hard to filter through all the information you get and through all the scams about alternative medicine, I stil believe Ayurveda with its gathered experience of thousands of years (and from time when there was no greedy industry) and its approach to healing yourself by knowing yourself is an answer to those problems.
What do you think about western medicine and science?
Here’s how to look past quick fixes and instead listen to your body, it’s telling you something.
First (Root) Chakra:
- Reconnect with body through physical activity such as aerobics or dancing
- Lots of touch / massage
- Feeling feet on the ground / grounding activities
- Hatha yoga
Affirmations for First Chakra
- I love my body and trust its wisdom
- I am immersed in abundance
Second…
You’ll be amazed how simple they are. My favourites are probably the simplest ones: going outside and stretching :)
