Magnetic Me Podcast Show Notes Podcast Series

MMP Episode 70:  The Big Deal About The Law Of Attraction And Karma Connection



Special Note: The podcast ad this week starts right after the podcast music and before I start the main points at about 57 seconds in. If you don't want to hear the ad, just skip forward a bit! It's also featured at the end of the episode as well.

Also, note that 7 minutes into the podcast it should continue with "something new we want to manifest..." I don't know what happened there but it was special to hear it in the final version. ;)



Opening

Karma is often spoken about in connection with the Law Of Attraction, and that makes a lot of sense because it sounds super similar when it comes to the basics of it. But it might even be a bit confusing to you since you already know about the LOA. A lot of people will question the role of Karma in manifesting their life. They wanna know how the two are different and even how they might work together. So, today I'm going to give you my take on how you can understand the connection between Karma and the Law of Attraction. 

 

It's time for the Magnetic Me, You + Law Of Attraction Podcast by Illuminated You Lifestyle Coaching.


 Hi, it's Marcie, and welcome to episode 70! It's great to be here with you; I'm so glad you could make it today.



Before we start, I had a question from Amy, who asked why the podcast website shows a different # of podcasts than the episode #'s would indicate. Good eye Amy; you're right, and here's why. Some of those early podcast episodes, the ones my kids would say sounded really awkward and cringy, have been cleaned up, re-done, and are now part of other free things like The Fresh Start Inception Challenge that you'll find in the Powered UP Basic membership. Those episodes were very popular. They became something a bit different because of the listener's response. There aren't that many of them that are like that. But I did want to give exclusive access to them to the people who signed up for the membership. So they're still around, just in a different form and accessible for free in another way.


So let's get into this episode now. If you know about the Law of Karma and then hear about the Law Of Attraction, you might be wondering what the big difference is, so let me describe how I understand both of these principles, and I'll try and keep it no-nonsense so it's easy to see the point. 



The Law Of Karma Or Action

Karma is a Sanskrit word (my disclaimer here is that I know nothing about Sanskrit), but I hear that the word "karma" translates into the word "action." And that's how I think of it, as the Law Of Action. With that knowledge, you'll understand that it means that whatever we have going on in our lives is based on our actions. To me, that makes perfect sense. 
You can easily relate that to yourself by thinking about things that you've done in the past and how they may be dictating the experiences you're getting now.

As a bit of a control freak inherited, I assure you, the thing I don't like about the idea of Karma is that it doesn't seem to give us very much control because it also says that things we've done in the past, even in our past lives are now coming back to haunt us. That pulls the concept of destiny into this, which I think is a romantic idea but also a very limiting one. I don't know about you, but I don't want to suffer today because I did something I can't remember from a life that I may have lived before. It sounds like we don't get a lot of wiggle room or credit for how we may have evolved or grown in this life or any other if that's a thing. At the very least, according to Karma, I may have to wait until another lifetime to get the benefits of my progress in this life. In my opinion, that seems a bit inefficient to me because it doesn't give me a lot of incentive to make those changes now, which is where we are, in the now. I understand time is different in the spiritual realms, but as humans with spirits living in the present, it strikes me as inefficacious. And that's not the universe I know and love.


The Law Of Cause And Effect

But we're not done yet, because there are other universal principles to consider in this, so I'm going to give more perspective here. I don't know if you've heard of Ralph Waldo Emmerson, but he's quite famous in the new thought movement. For one thing, he happened to be an American philosopher, and in his view, the Law of Cause And Effect is the "law of laws." This principle tells us that everything that happens in our lives is an effect of the cause that brought it to us. Not only that, but it also says that all things come from within us, meaning that what's happening inside us is the cause of our circumstances; there's no coincidence or chance; we don't get anything by luck. Whatever we've got goin' on right now, good or bad, Cause & Effect says it has been set into motion by something we've done. That means personal responsibility comes into play here. 



The Law Of Attraction

Now let's think about what our good friend, Abraham Hicks, says. If you've heard Abraham, you'll know they say the LOA is about attracting what you are. Abraham puts it this way, "that which is like unto itself is drawn." So once again, what we're putting into the universe gets reflected back to us. It's kind of like that mirror at home that you avoid like the dickens when you know you've put on five pounds. You might not like your reflection when you've done something you know isn't for your greatest good. And in the case of the mirror, when we (we meaning I) focus on junk food, we eventually expand. 



The Law Of Conservation Of Energy

Then there's this really cool thing called the Law Of Conservation Of Energy. You've heard it before; I know you have; you learned it in science class. It's the one that tells us that all the energy that is or can exist does so now. We can't make more of it, and we can't destroy it, which is a very good thing for us. I like this law so darned much! Let me tell you why, and remember that everything is energy. This principle tells us that energy can change forms. So, even though we can't just wipe out the energy from a mistake we've made or go and get more energy when we want to manifest something new, at least we can change the stuff we've got, which is where our real power lies. We have a choice in everything we do of putting out energy that's destructive in some way, or we can decide to use what we have now to our benefit.

I know that all of the laws I've described here sound a lot alike, but there are some nuances that make each of them a bit different. And here's why;


What we have here are the components of manifestation. We have

*action

* consciousness

*energetic vibration

* transmutation of energy


Notice how none of those things excludes any of the others. Here's how it fits together:


  • Cause And Effect; that's the power of our consciousness and what we do with it. What and how we think creates our self-awareness. We might not need to think to be conscious, but our consciousness does promote thinking. And everything starts with a thought.
  • Thinking produces vibrations of energy based on what and how we think. All those feelings we have are energy too. Emotion, by the way, is also based on our thinking, and our emotions make vibrations too. 
  • The Law of Attraction then picks up on our energy and vibrations. 
  • Karma, aka action, is what we do or how we behave because of our thought processes and emotions. So the actions and way we behave starts with the vibration of our thoughts. Vibration is the result of thought, feeling, and action. It's the motion or movement that the universe picks up on through the LOA.  
  • The Law of Conservation Of Energy allows energy to take on a different form, giving it new meaning, which is super exciting to me. It means our frequency and vibration can be altered by changing what we think, feel, and act or don't act on. 
  • Our true power lies in our choice to be positive or negative, meaning that we can decide to change our energy to manifest things that are better for us. 
  • The key word here is focus, specifically yours. And the good news is that if you keep good vibes a lot of the time because your focus is on appreciating the good in your life, then you've got a much stronger pull on the positive side. The significance of that is that the times when you don't feel happy or something bad's happened won't be as impactful as it could to your overall energy. It won't even affect your manifesting results as much as you might think because positive energy is super compelling, and negative energy isn't so much.
  •  Having success manifesting things and circumstances you like can get you to believe that you can do it again. Faith in yourself and the universe makes you super attractive to what you want next and a mightily impressive manifestor.


The message here is that Karma exists! But because we have other laws to balance things out and we have the freedom to make the best choice for us, we aren't stuck accepting stuff coming to us from other lifetimes. We get the chance to evolve in consciousness and spirit. And we get to experience better things now, so don't stop believing in the good you have access to today. Believers of Karma and those who don't think there's anything to it can and do have excellent results with a bit of sustained focus. 


Don't get overwhelmed with so many other details that you're giving your power away. Know that the LOA takes care of the big stuff for us, so we don't have to sweat the small stuff so much. Just be self-aware of what's happening with how you feel, and you can make small shifts now to claim bigger results. 



Closing

That's it for today; if you have questions, please reach out on Instagram @lawofattractioncoach.marcie


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Thanks so much for being with me today. Remember to Get Your Shine ON because when you do, you make the world a better place. 


Bye for now.




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