{"id":379946,"date":"2016-10-21T18:18:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T18:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/21\/healing-and-the-two-sides-of-karma\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T18:18:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T18:18:16","slug":"healing-and-the-two-sides-of-karma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/21\/healing-and-the-two-sides-of-karma\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing and the Two Sides of Karma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I came a cross an unfamiliar quote from Sandra Bullock, one of my favorite actresses,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a true believer in Karma. You get what you give, whether it&#8217;s bad or good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This past summer I worked with a life coach who helped me understand some of the negative &#8220;karmic life patterns&#8221; that are a part of my genetic code, or Human Design, as we call it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Karma is neither good or bad,&#8221; he said, &#8220;it just is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking a great deal about that statement in the time since we chatted over Starbuck&#8217;s iced green teas, and now I ponder his words again.<\/p>\n<p>I find it both ironic and a little unnerving that Karma is most often attributed to &#8220;the bad stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Think about it, when you&#8217;ve used the old adage &#8220;What goes around comes around,&#8221; has it been in reaction to a kind deed or a mean-spirited action?<\/p>\n<p>How many times have you heard someone say, &#8220;She&#8217;ll get what&#8217;s coming to her, in the end&#8221; or some version of &#8220;Hope that doesn&#8217;t come back to bite me in the ass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whether we know it or not, we are not only referring to Karma, we are emitting a desire for punishment that will somehow serve our own sense of vengeance, retribution for some wrong doing toward us or others.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who chooses to connect with people wherever they are in their race, religion, sexual or political preference, I always try to live by <em>The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now I understand that what I&#8217;ve been referring to all along&#8211;what centuries of wisdom have been referring to&#8211;is <strong>KARMA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne Dyer once said, &#8220;How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that my reactions to feeling rejected, which is the Borderline Personality Disorder tendencies that are a part of my makeup, are what have been causing bad Karmic patterns in the relationships with certain people in this lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>The fear response&#8211;that I&#8217;m not good enough, am being abandoned, will be alone, am not worthy, etc&#8211;is so quick it hits me and anyone in my path before you can spit out those two syllables that are Kar-Ma.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working hard to recognize the emotion before it erupts and what I can honestly say is that the more we practice something, the easier it becomes.<\/p>\n<p>The lower vibration energies of envy, depression, fear, anger, and revenge deplete our energy and hold us hostage simply because emotion is contagious.<\/p>\n<p>Think about all the times someone else&#8217;s negativity has brought you down or ruined your mood. Sometimes you feel like you are moving through sludge.<\/p>\n<p>Some call it The Law of Attraction (LOA) or use expressions like &#8220;Hate begets hate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the end it is nothing more than lower vibration Karma.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10518 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Karma-Annah-Elizabeth-Quote-Raising-our-karmic-vibrations-Instagram-image-300x300.png\" alt=\"- Karma - Annah Elizabeth Quote Raising our karmic vibrations Instagram image\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Tweet theme=&#8221;basic-white&#8221;]Raising our Karmic vibrations is the key to balance and bliss.[\/Tweet]<\/p>\n<p>Like my Golden Rule mentality, Actress Megan Fox says, &#8220;I try to live with the idea that karma is a very real thing. So I put out what I want to get back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But how do we do that when so much of what we see and hear is negative?<\/p>\n<p>We pay attention to everything.<\/p>\n<p>We begin paying homage to the positive side of life.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to notice every simple, quiet, or faint object that crosses our path.<\/p>\n<p>When we see that budding rose, a flitting cardinal in the dead of winter, or anything that make us smile, we hold on to them.<\/p>\n<p>We celebrate and share them.<\/p>\n<p>When we see those moments that warm our heart, the Daddy sitting on a breakfast cafe bar stool next to his little girl on Father&#8217;s Day,  we hold on to them.<\/p>\n<p>We celebrate and share them.<\/p>\n<p>When we see something that makes us giggle, we hold onto it.<\/p>\n<p>We celebrate and share it.<\/p>\n<p>These are the higher vibration energies that feed our soul in ways that inspire, motivate, and energize us.<\/p>\n<p>In my <a href=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/services\/energy-therapy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Master-Instructor IET\u00ae training<\/a> last weekend, the trainer informed us that as a general rule our society&#8217;s mass-consciousness walks around at an energy vibration level in the lower two-hundreds.<\/p>\n<p>The vibrations of joy and peace range between five-hundred and six-hundred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paying attention to things that make us feel good raises our positive energy by two-fold!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When we&#8217;re in a higher state of existence, we are better able to be well, work well, and do well simply because we feel lighter and freer.<\/p>\n<p>Just as honoring the healing process doesn&#8217;t deny the grieving process, sowing the seeds of good karma won&#8217;t negate bad karma.<\/p>\n<p>We humans aren&#8217;t really equipped to remain in a constant state of euphoria and the biggest reason is that challenge is always an opportunity for personal growth.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing both sides of our karmic nature allows us to live in a greater state of harmony.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear your stories or thoughts on how Karma has played a role in your life, Journeyer. Say something in a comment below!<\/p>\n<p>Until next time, yours in hope, healing, and happiness,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7123\" src=\"https:\/\/annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Annah-Elizabeth-Signature-300x52.jpg\" alt=\"Annah Elizabeth Signature\" width=\"300\" height=\"52\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I came a cross an unfamiliar quote from Sandra Bullock, one of my favorite actresses, &#8220;I&#8217;m a true believer in Karma. 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