Conscious Creation & Truth – Direct Life Experience Balances Most Karma, Wisdom Only Some Karma

A book's messages don't have to benmetaphysically valid for the book to benon best-seller lists. Some modernnbest-selling metaphysical books are fillednwith spiritual truth and some are virtuallynvoid of it.

Today's popular New Age communicationsncommonly contain heaps of pure inspirationnwith very low doses of ancient wisdom,nperhaps due to our society's penchant fornseeking quick-fixes.

Let's face it, "consciously create what younwant, the life of your dreams, now!" inspiresna lot more book sales than, "you can onlynconsciously create that which is aligned withnyour higher-self's earthly plan."

Many New Age authors and publishersnrealize that including the cold, hard realitiesnof life on earth (karma, dharma, challengingnfate, etc.) will hinder book sales.

Therefore, the current trend is to marketnbooks full of motivational messages suchnas "you can do it!" "abundance is you
birthright," and "rid yourself of your diseaseneasily!" while excluding the spiritual factsnof life.

Yes, wisdom can allow you to avoid somenkarma, but to say that you can erase any typenof karma your heart desires is like saying youncan turn winter into spring. Spring will arrivenwhether you "consciously create" it or not.

However, if an undesirable circumstance ornevent is part of fate, no amount of wisdom willnblank it out. You can't change the dead ofnwinter into summer no matter how much younpay your guru.

Nonetheless, if you're in a position to avoidnexercising your free will in a particular way,nwisdom can erase limited amounts of karma.

For instance, a parent exerts her free will tonhug her children instead of mentally abusingnthem, which feels more natural for that parentnto do. In this case, that parent has just takennthe high road and told the universe that shendesires to avoid that particular karmicnarrangement (that her kids have most likelynagreed to before inca
ating).

A mystic may say that even the effort by thenparent to be more loving instead of abusive isnthe karma of all involved in the situation.
Dharma is played out, karma is balanced, andneveryone benefits (spiritually speaking).

More importantly, souls who choose (beforeninca
ating) to be on the receiving end of abusenare going to experience it whether a parentndishes it out or not. A relative, sibling, friendnof the family, neighborhood bully, classmate,nor some other person will do his part to helpnfulfill fate.

Again, all the wisdom in the world won'tnnegate the major karmic dates with destinynthat our souls choose before inca
ating.
A key objective of inca
ating is spiritualngrowth and in order to do that, there must benchallenge. Challenge is also necessary sonthat the more enjoyable life circumstancesncan be recognized and appreciated.

We like the phrase "wisdom deletes karma,"nbut we think it's more accurately said thisnway: "Wisdom deletes some karma andndirect life experience wipes out and balancesnthe majority of karma."

Fate is fate and you can't dodge it justnbecause you find select circumstancesndistasteful.

On the brighter side, you have free willnto react to karma and make the most ofnyour life within the bounds of your fate.

Copyright © 2007 Scott Petullo, Stephen Petullo