Free will, Spiritual healing and taking on Karma

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Free will, Spiritual healing and " taking on Karma "

 

One of the most frequent cautions you will encounter when

doing any spiritual healing is that you must not interfere in someones

free will or you may take on their negative karma.

Have you ever felt that this warning served as a sop to excuse

unkindness and other uncompassionate behavior? How can you tell the

difference between a situation where you must not interfere with

another's Karma

and a situation that has come before you because it is an

opportunity or mission for you to expiate some of your own negative

karma and advance your spiritual evolution? In Huna and in some

Buddhist teachings

the teaching is that you are only aware of any problem or

situation because it is in some way part of our own situation, issues

and or karma. Whether you practice crystal healing or energy work or

some other form

you need to have and follow ethical practices. One cannot and

should not, try to force healing. One should not make try to convert

or force

a change in another by coercive energy work or prayer. We

cannot be " Rescuers " .

 

When we feel an intuitive prompting to offer energy or a kind

thought or even physical or financial assistance in some situations. Do

we really believe that it is uniformly wrong to act on that intuition?

First off How do we know that the illness, unhappiness or

what ever condition is not caused by someones ( or our own) interference

in the free will of the individual already?

How do we know that it is even possible for us to interfere with

someone's free will ? While it is true that most people are about as

well as they intend to be, they can choose to become healed , to accept

help or to refuse it.

 

Many People believe that unless you have specific permission to

send energy from the intended recipient you should never do anything.

Not even mention a possibility.

Do we really believe would cause harm to be compassionate or

even just mention a possible beneficial path? Do we really believe

that A kind wish, a hope for the highest good or the offer of

energy will really cause harm to ourselves or to others? I

believe that people who need to deal with their own issues will do so.

 

 

I believe that we are all interconnected. There are some

situations where we must stand back and others where we must take

action even without a specific request to do so.

If you see someone about to throw themselves out a high window

and you can stop them ( without harm to yourself) you should do so.

Certainly I think that we would take on negative Karma were we

to refuse to do good when we could have just because of fear of

impacting karma. Certainly many of us have issues with compassion

and with mercy . We may also have issues with accepting help.

 

I think that we have chosen to be born for a reason. We have

missions as well as lessons to learn . Whenever someone tells me that

we are not to offer help in any way because that could interfere

with another persons' Karma, My BS warning detectors have

gone off . Yes, there have been times when I have received a strong

intuitive guidance to " back off " or " stay out " and have followed that.

Other times My intuition has been to act and I have done so.

Sometimes the energy or offer is refused sometimes it has been accepted

but In either case I strongly feel that the offer and the energy

or well wishing has never done harm.

 

Peggy Jentoft

[Guest guest]

Peggy--

 

What a beautiful post. It all comes down to " Harm None " for me. Intuition is a

pretty reliable guide. Walking in Love and Light and gentleness, being open to

healing and helping those I meet--these are ethical values to me. Crystals are

guides and teachers, and great healers and comforts.

 

I don't pretend to understand Karma or its labyrinth. I try to do the next right

thing and live in the present moment. I can't heal or help everyone I meet, and

trying would end me. I need to care for myself as well as those I meet.

 

I practice Reiki, and the energy sent is so gentle--always goes where it is most

needed, and respects the free will of the one it goes to. I guess the sense of

" offering " healing, where the recipient has to accept it or not, answers the

question of free will for me.

 

Thanks again for your thoughts. Glad to hear Hubby is on the mend. Open your

hands and be thankful for life!! and you will have all you need.

 

In Love and Light, Dear One--

 

Cindy

[Guest guest]

very wise, profound and insightful peggy

This subject comes up often in my classes. Students who have taken

other energy classes will mention violating free will. I go back to:

in the case of Reiki, it is stated it can do no harm, it has the

intelligence, it is ultimately up to the individual whether they will

take it or leave it. With other modalities or wishes or prayers, i

pose that if you " offer " the gift of healing energy, it will always be

up to the individual, and their " free will " will make the decision.

Our intentions also play into it, Is it a true desire to assist, or

our ego needing to control/direct. If intent is pure, i cannot

believe it will be manipulated into something that can harm. We do

not even begin to know, what we don't know, this life is a journey in

exploration and illumination of our selves, we will make mistakes, of

course. But are they really mistakes or just experiences to learn from.

 

linda

On Oct 29, 2009, at 1:45 AM, peggyj wrote:

 

 

 

Free will, Spiritual healing and " taking on Karma "

 

One of the most frequent cautions you will encounter when

doing any spiritual healing is that you must not interfere in someones

free will or you may take on their negative karma.

Have you ever felt that this warning served as a sop to excuse

unkindness and other uncompassionate behavior? How can you tell the

difference between a situation where you must not interfere with

another's Karma

and a situation that has come before you because it is an

opportunity or mission for you to expiate some of your own negative

karma and advance your spiritual evolution? In Huna and in some

Buddhist teachings

the teaching is that you are only aware of any problem or

situation because it is in some way part of our own situation, issues

and or karma. Whether you practice crystal healing or energy work or

some other form

you need to have and follow ethical practices. One cannot and

should not, try to force healing. One should not make try to convert

or force

a change in another by coercive energy work or prayer. We

cannot be " Rescuers " .

 

When we feel an intuitive prompting to offer energy or a kind

thought or even physical or financial assistance in some situations. Do

we really believe that it is uniformly wrong to act on that intuition?

First off How do we know that the illness, unhappiness or

what ever condition is not caused by someones ( or our own) interference

in the free will of the individual already?

How do we know that it is even possible for us to interfere with

someone's free will ? While it is true that most people are about as

well as they intend to be, they can choose to become healed , to accept

help or to refuse it.

 

Many People believe that unless you have specific permission to

send energy from the intended recipient you should never do anything.

Not even mention a possibility.

Do we really believe would cause harm to be compassionate or

even just mention a possible beneficial path? Do we really believe

that A kind wish, a hope for the highest good or the offer of

energy will really cause harm to ourselves or to others? I

believe that people who need to deal with their own issues will do so.

 

 

I believe that we are all interconnected. There are some

situations where we must stand back and others where we must take

action even without a specific request to do so.

If you see someone about to throw themselves out a high window

and you can stop them ( without harm to yourself) you should do so.

Certainly I think that we would take on negative Karma were we

to refuse to do good when we could have just because of fear of

impacting karma. Certainly many of us have issues with compassion

and with mercy . We may also have issues with accepting help.

 

I think that we have chosen to be born for a reason. We have

missions as well as lessons to learn . Whenever someone tells me that

we are not to offer help in any way because that could interfere

with another persons' Karma, My BS warning detectors have

gone off . Yes, there have been times when I have received a strong

intuitive guidance to " back off " or " stay out " and have followed that.

Other times My intuition has been to act and I have done so.

Sometimes the energy or offer is refused sometimes it has been accepted

but In either case I strongly feel that the offer and the energy

or well wishing has never done harm.

 

Peggy Jentoft