Sometimes, you go through a phase where you
meet the same kind of people again and again…like a repeated pattern. In
negativity, you attract negative people and in positivity the positive people.
At the same time, there is an unseen film of past karmas that plays in the
background simultaneously. We also start attracting those people and events
which stun us, are overwhelming and inevitable. We tell ourselves we don't
deserve this.
What we call "bad" days or
"bad" phases are often of this nature. Some call it the impact of
"shani". We must look for a reason, of course. Or an object to
transfer blame to acquit ourselves. If truth were to be told, what we tackle
day to day is a mix of our own choices and our compromises of those choices.
And in all these choices, there is a definite play of our thoughts and actions
from the past, some of which mould our present. Those who are within serious
spiritual practices get to see more of these challenges in their lives, tests
that must be passed before a further elevation is granted.
I have noticed that there is opaqueness in
the experience of karma, too. Like, people working behind the scenes and sudden
exposure to events orchestrated meticulously behind the scenes...things like
that. Dramatic! But true. Anyways, we must deal with such phases without going
down and under and hope that our constant companion will be courage. For all
times.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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