April8th2011KarmaTrap

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The Mystic Twins

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April 8, 2011

Subject: Avoid the "I'm Above All

Karma" Trap

The belief that you can escape karmic

retribution from this and prior lives is a

trap to be avoided at all costs. This
erroneous way of thinking can lull you

into a disastrous false sense of security.

Consequently, your world can be turned

upside-down when your guard is down

and unexpected, karmic calamity strikes.

Worse, lofty or inappropriate aspirations

evaporate and you're left passionless

and in need of completely redefining

your path in life due to falsely believing

you can manifest anything, beyond the

fated path you did your best to avoid

investigating.

As the saying goes, you announce

your plans and God laughs. This is the

way it's always been and unless your

plans are part of your fated path, no

amount of creative visualization will

allow you to side-step your unique,

predestined framework. This includes

the life circumstances and events you

were born to experience. You can't just

skip them, no matter how much

forgiveness you express or inspiration

you generate.

We applaud you for striving for your

goals and dreams to make the most

of your life.

However, believing that you're above

cosmic law with the help of "conscious

creation training," for example, only

sets you up for disappointment.

How to Escape This Trap

Your first step in avoiding this trap is

to acknowledge that unavoidable

personal adversity exists.

Yes, you have free will to make the

most of undesirable circumstances,

but you can't just hit the delete button

and make them go away. Everyone

endures varying degrees of unique

life afflictions.

Examples typically include the

following: early life abuse leading to

serious subconscious and oppressive

fears; hard to break habits or even

addiction related to over-indulgence

greatly hindering your progress in life;

being financially trapped in a marriage

from which you can't escape; limited

resources with burdensome

responsibilities and little extra time to

learn other skills; lack of intelligence or

wherewithal to remove one's self from

a restrictive environment; physical

handicaps prohibiting upward mobility;

serious illness draining resources and

blocking the ability to apply one's self

toward success; or heavy family

obligations such as one or more

problem children or an ailing parent

who demands your constant attention

and support.

Some of these things are commonly

referred to as "accidents of birth," and

the others are circumstances in which

one may become unavoidably

ensnared. No amount of trying to

"make the right choice" seems to

change anything.

By the way, embracing the literal

meaning of the term "accidents of

birth," in our opinion, is a point of

view that denies the eternity of the

soul, reincarnation, karma, and

predestination. It's a victim mentality

(or mere resentment of those born

under more favorable life

circumstances) and a refusal to

acknowledge personal accountability

beyond what you can see, feel, and

touch in this lifetime. In our view,

there are no real accidents of birth

and there is no chance. Everything

is the way it's fated to be, and it's up

to you to make the most of it.

Next Step in Escaping This Trap

The next thing you must do is to

know yourself, through and through.

Coming to know your strengths,

challenges, hidden fears and

defenses, and your spiritual lineage

(past lives, even if you only view

them metaphorically, the insight

is still very helpful) allows you to

know who you are, where you've

been, where you're going, and with

what you will likely be faced.

Thorough self-understanding allows

you to formulate realistic goals that

coincide with what you want and

who you really are, within the

framework of your unique karma

and fate.

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