What Does Your Karma Reveal?
Q: What Does Your Karma reveal?
A: Besides being a question that could be answered in volumes, in the moment…a lot. The theme of recent months has woven itself through and within the epic passage of Venus in and out of Scorpio. From the depths of loves touch, the casting of shadow aspects of the darker feminine lurk forth for reflection. This new moon in Sagittarius offers the guidance of perception to assist in navigating these unruly cosmic tides. Mars conjunct Neptune squaring our moon adds a sandpaper-like rub to the already raw texture of late.
When feeling turned inside out from externalized objectification and projection from others onto the mirror of my skin, I look at the deeper seeds of my own karma that birth such experiences. In my opinion, there are no innocent players on this Earth. If we are tethered to Samsara, it is via the threads of karma that intricately connect us to our unique physical bodies, health & ailments, parents of origin, all of our families, each friend, supposed enemies, our homes, environments, our communities and the circumstances that arise within them. And yes, even our president, he too is a part of the karmic influence arising from the collective ball of yarn from which we can often lose our end.
Karma is alive, it is real and it exists in the past, present and future. Every step I take and every choice I am about to make incurs a new set of karmic reverberations. I can work to burn my karma, and often this is not a choice at all. Perhaps I find myself in a scalding cauldron of past decisions that sloughs off flesh I once thought I needed. If I am lucky to survive, and have the energy to climb out, I find myself naked with new skin, very sensitive to the touch. And thus, it begins again…a rebuilding process in the moment, perhaps a bit wiser, and with a newfound perception, that is if I have paid attention. Otherwise, I could fall into the law of repetition, repeating my mistakes, accruing more karma, day in and day out. And honestly, either way, whilst we are here on this beautiful blue planet, it comes with the territory. The only way out of this spaghetti like mess is through our values.
If I know who I am, I can stand in my center in the face of any temptation and pray to root my tree so deep into God that I am not taken by the sensual or vehement heat of any particular desire.
My simple prayer for today:
Lord guide me and purify this karma…
out of my system,
from within my psyche,
through my awareness.
I love you.
Amen
ps Veritas Vos Liberabit - May the Truth Set You Free
*Personalized collage inspired by and created for Sarah Engelhart
