July 29th, 2011 by rob white
If there was such a thing as the Science of Freedom, this is what it would be for me: learning how NOT to enslave myself with discouraging thoughts and insecure feelings. Hmm, read that again, it can be tricky.
Are you ready? Let’s go:
I believe in Mental Karma. Say what?
Let’s begin with Karma. Karma is nothing more than a matter of Cause and Effect: the sum of a person’s past actions determines his future destiny. So many make so much more of it. Keep it simple, and you remain powerful.
Now let’s get back to Mental Karma. For me, Mental Karma is this: the sum of a persons thoughts and visions decides his attitude and feelings. Therefore, whatever you do in your mental realm tends to repeat itself in your emotional realm.
Certainly, the idea of a thought begetting a feeling and a feeling begetting an attitude is not new; this process proves itself in a million ways every day. Just notice the expression on a person’s face – it reveals his attitude, which reveals his feelings, which reveals the kinds of thoughts he is entertaining. And of course, I need not tell you that all of this determines the kind of action he takes and the kind of future he experiences (that’s a matter for another blog).
Okay, let’s advance this conversation. Have you ever noticed how rarely we speak of personal cruelty? We hear about having a poor self-image or low self-esteem, but the idea of being cruel to oneself is rarely mentioned.
I believe that Negative Mental Karma is a self-harming force that exists, and further, I believe that when we allow it to exist in our psychic field of energy, we are being cruel. Student: Cruel to whom? Teacher: Cruel to oneself!
The word ‘cruel’ means a disregard for the pain or suffering that we impose on others. Being cruel to oneself is a disregard for the pain or suffering that we impose on ourselves. 
Creating a condition of Negative Mental Karma is cruel behavior. The law of Cause and Effect doesn’t have a conscience, but we must (that is if we intend to live our lives as we secretly dream it can be).
How do I create Negative Mental Karma? There are so many ways; let me list a few ways that I can manage to do it:
- Listen to people who feel defeated, and insist that I too should feel the way they feel. (Why am I listening?)
- Reject that deep inner voice that says, “Your potential is unlimited, rob, don’t let worldly conditions convince you that it’s not.” (What possible gain can I get from rejecting this voice?)
- Interpret a dull headache to mean that I am going to have a dull day. (WOE, is it that simple to ruin my day?)
- Say what others want to hear, or do what others want to do, just to please them, even if my gut is saying, “NO.” (Is it worth it, to sell my soul to get their approval?)
- Listening to the resentful voice that takes over my inward self-talk rather than the inspiring voice that offers solutions to my problems (Oh yes, I can still do this).
Above are a few ways that I create Negative Mental Karma that inevitably results in a negative attitude, that inevitably has negative consequences in my life if I don’t catch it soon enough.
The great news is that human beings are far more intelligent than Negative Mental Karma; we need just take command of our mind, and we control our Mental Karma. You know this is right.
Awareness is the first step to correcting wrong mental conditions. Are you willing to reveal ways that you are cruel to yourself. Student: Why reveal them? Teacher: So you can make corrections.
Are you willing to admit that you can be cruel, or would you rather protect your ego by pretending that you are always very kind and compassionate with yourself. The needed light always comes at the exact moment that we stop pretending we are already living in it.
This is the Science of Freedom in which you are now engaging; you are learning how NOT to enslave yourself with discouraging thoughts and insecure feelings that cause Negative Mental Karma. In other words, you are learning to stop being cruel to yourself.
I will end this blog with a short story: An elephant was captured, and around his ankle was placed a large chain, which was tethered to a tree. The elephant accepted his slavery by eating the food he was given and never challenging the chain. One day a mouse went by, glanced up at him, and walked away. Immediately, the elephant gave a mighty tug, refusing to be enslaved while a tiny mouse was free. He snapped the chain and escaped back to his natural ways.
It is necessary to see through ourselves, that is if we are to break the enslaving chain of Negative Mental Karma. You have the might of that elephant; it has nothing to do with education, IQ, race, creed or political affiliation. It is time to recognize when you are being cruel to yourself. Open one small window in your mind, and you let in the warmth of psychic sunshine.
blessings
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Very interesting Rob. I do agree that our mind karma becomes calmer when we have more empowering, self-supporting thoughts, ones that encourage rather than diminish our expansion of ourselves with the world energy. But I see the mind and emotions as a magic pair working in harmony to send messages to our spirit to activate, like a cell powering up for maximum output. They are ice dancers in perfect unison, a loving couple joined through love, and a best selling duo making glorious music that touches everyone. Mind and Feelings – the ultimate power force where mortal meets divine!
Hi John. Wonderfully poetic response to the blog. It helps cleans the Negative Mental Karma that folks like me create (I’m like everyone else … even like you). I have found that if I smother my consciousness with positive thoughts, it still isn’t enough; I must deal with the Negative Mental Karma I’ve created. What’s one way you do deal with the negative karma you set up in your mind, John? Blessings
Rob,
I’m hooked on this word “awareness”, and how key it is to really moving beyond any cruelty we bring to our selves. So, how do I become more aware? I will make both a mental and written note to myself – to check my state of being. And – I know, also, that I won’t be “on” 100% of the time, and sometimes my awareness will slip. Steps, though, toward real freedom…
Hi Lance. I love your pragmatic approach to this blog. Your tip is invaluable. Thank you for that. No one wants to cruelly tyrannize oneself, but we can if we aren’t aware of what we’re doing. Thank you.
I agree with that idea told in the elephant and the mouse parable. It’s strange that we have such weak little chains keeping us tethered to places and things that we just accept as our fate.
It doesn’t take much to break them. Why don’t we do it more then?
Hi David. Thank you for your honesty. YES, we have weak chains holding us back, and we just get used to the slavery. It’s time to say to ourselves, “Don’t be absurd, enough is enough already.” blessings
Hi Rob,
We all suffer from negative mental karma from time to time. As you stated, the key is to be aware and recognize when we talk negatively to ourselves and let all the negative thoughts affect our mood. Learning to interpret situations positively has helped me greatly to control my negative thoughts. It took practice, but once I started practicing, I start to become better at controlling my thoughts and not allowing the negative thoughts affect me as often as before. I had to make a solid decision to become the master of my mind. I still have a long way to go, but I’m getting better at it as I keep practicing. It is a nice adventure I must say. 
Thanks for sharing Rob
It is good to be back reading your great articles as always my friend.
Hi Dia. It’s great to get your input. YES, rehearsal (practice) is essential when mind-control is the objective. You win your life back when you win your mind back. I like your simple style of writing. blessings
Hi David. Thank you for your honesty. YES, we have weak chains holding us back, and we just get used to the slavery. It’s time to say to ourselves, “Don’t be absurd, enough is enough already.” blessings
Rob: It’s hard to break the cycle of negative thinking, because negativity is all around you. It takes practice and hanging around other positive people. I know first hand that hanging around certain people can bring you down. Certain people will bring you down faster than other’s but anyone with a negative mentality will always bring you down. Hang around people with good spirits and look for the positivity. It might seem like it’s hard to find sometimes, but there are always things you can be thankful of in your life.
God bless,
William Veasley
Hi William. Great advice: look for the positivity. We also must learn to stop valuing the valueless (which is put-down conversation and petty gossip). It is amazing how many folks love to participate in valueless conversation – thanks for the heads up on that. blessings
Rob: That last comment you left for me was the complete truth! There are so many people that were in my life that I had to stop hanging around because all they ever did was participate in valueless conversation. I only try to talk when I have something positive to say that could make another person smile, or something of value that might help another person.
In truth, I’d rather listen than talk anyways. I tend to find more value in listening than running my mouth. Does that make sense?
p.s thanks for the comment and share of my article! Really put a smile on my face. ( :
God bless,
William Veasley
This reminds of times when “I’m just having one of those days.” You know the ones where nothing seems to go right and one thing after another keeps going wrong? It used to be a weekly occurrence for me. At least once a week I would have a god awful day. It would start out with a small problem and then I would start obsessing and thinking “what else can go wrong?” It was like a downward spiral and I swore God was messing with me or something. I can see that I was just perpetuating the whole calamity because my mind would just keep getting more and more negative. I catch on quicker these days. I can stop my negative thinking simply out of fear that if I don’t knock it off things are really going to go to hell in a handbasket!
Hi Roger. YES, having ‘one of those days’ is a common occurrence for most folks. There is no way to hide it when we are having ‘one of those days’. During these ‘days’, we are easily influenced by negative nay-sayers. It’s when we must be most cautious. Thank you.
I never thought of mental kharma, of course I have heard of plain ol kharma but I like this perspective. Positive vibes and feelings is where it starts and stems. Time to re-focus and jump on the happy wagaon.
Hi Meg. Mental Karma is killer when we are cruel to ourselves with our thoughts and emotions. Remember this: if you don’t like being cruel to yourself, see how easy it is to stop. Awareness is the first essential step. blessings
Hey Rob. This cool I dont think I’ve ever really quite understood what Karma was all about. It’s actually seems kind of simple now. I know I can be my own worst enemy. I beat myself up when I don’t get things right. But I see how useless and harming this can be. If I keep going negative, negative, negative I’ll never get back to positive. I guess I think that being hard on myself I am being accountable and disciplined, but I don’t want to create further problems. I feel that once I correct my mistake then I can get back to feeling positive again. I get obsessed over correcting my mistakes or apologizing if I say something hurtful. My problem is sometimes I spend so much energy worrying and cleaning up mistakes that I run out of time to actually do something new and positive. I want to stop making the same silly mistakes and just concentrate on my big goals.
Hi Kara. Excessive worrying is cruel behavior to oneself. There are so many ways that we can be mean to ourselves, and not notice. Awareness is power. Thank you for your insightful comment. blessings
I love the term “science of freedom”! That just really resonates with me. Because when we become kinder to ourselves and when we fully realize that we have a CHOICE, that we can determine how we feel, how we react, what kind of experience we have, then we experience true freedom.
One of the most powerful insights I ever had was when I realized how nasty I was being to myself in my head. I would never talk to anyone I loved like that. The trick I like to teach is this: Imagine you’re talking to someone you love, preferably a small child (this ups the compassion factor) and run everything you say to yourself through that filter FIRST. So, if you made a mistake, before beating up on yourself, consider what you’d say to a that child, whom you love, if they’d made that mistake. You wouldn’t call them an idiot or stupid. You’d tell them it was fine, that everyone makes mistakes and that it was a great learning opportunity. You’d tell them to try again. You’d be kind and gentle and loving. And that’s how we should be talking to ourselves.
Great post as always.
Hugs,
Melody
Hi melody. I love your courage. thank you for sharing that you would not treat others as harshly as you treat yourself (in your own head). That’s the insanity!
You apply the blogs to your life. You are a winner (we’re all winners, but many of us have learned to win at losing). The blogs help us notice what we’re winning at – winning at winning or winning at losing – blessings
Personal cruelty? Wowzas, you don’t pull any punches there Rob.
The thing that makes a big difference to me is just giving myself permission to feel whatever emotion I’m feeling, and then moving on. I cry, lots. In fact, given how smiley people perceive me as, I imagine a lot of people would be shocked at just how much I do cry! But for me it feels like a really healthy thing because I cry, I feel whatever the thing is at that particular moment, but then I’m done!
I used to do a lot of that personal cruelty you write about but then I just started being honest, about literally everything. So if I’m having a tough day, I don’t try and kid myself. I’m fortunate that I have a creative outlet for all that sort of stuff (the blog) so I just share with the world at large and it helps me get it all out and dealt with. The flip side of that is that I don’t seem to get the lies that the personal cruelty comments were.
That said, I still get the doubts but I find that that usually happens when I’m on the brink of some change, as if my brain is trying to keep me safe and not allow anything to change, so (on a good day!) I just thank the fear and do it anyway. Except for the times I don’t.
Hi El. It seems that when we try to find a way out of ‘personal cruelty habits’ too quickly, we insist the results conform to our desires (which is another way of being cruel to oneself). Can you see that? Everyone who’s in a rush, in the end feels frustrated and resentful. Be wary of that habit. I know it well. Too many folks on the internet tout that they have solved all of their ‘personal cruelty habits’, yet they haven’t. blessings
Karma, karma karma is so so so important to understand. Everything we do and think has some kind of consequence. Man, you just can’t be evil and think your going to get away with it. But I love your point here. As mindful of others as I am I can definitely be cruel to myself. I can’t believe I’ve never really thought about it like that. I spend so much time and energy trying to create positive vibes for everyone around me but don’t take the same time to say “hey Rus, you’re a pretty good dude – congratulations!” Everyone else says it but I forget that I can just say it to myself too.
Hi Rus. Taking a moment to congratulate yourself for a ‘nice try’. Nice tip. It feels a lot better than huddling nervously in a mental corner when we don’t do well what we hoped to do. Thank you
This was so inspirational Rob. The idea of negative mental karma is one that I can only imagine plays on all of us – more often than we think. It’s the settle thoughts that can skyrocket in to mountainous-size negativity…I’m speaking for my self here!
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Sometimes, I have these great ideas in my mind. Based on these ideas are pretty big goals that I truly believe that I can make reality. But sometimes (more often than I’d like) I have this small voice that carries a heavy punch. It whispers “you can’t really do that…who do you think you are”. It doubts me. So basically…I doubt myself. Well, I like to prove ‘doubt’ wrong – so my attitude gets caught between believing the whispering voice and not focusing on the goal at hand.
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My main arsenal has been to ignore the voice. But ignoring it doesn’t mean that I don’t hear it. It’s like ignoring someone is punching me in my face. Sure, I can ignore it but in time I’ll be all bloody bruised the same. So, not sure if ignoring really does a thing for me. And, honestly, when I ignore it I still know it’s there, I still feel and hear it’s presence whispering at me.
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So I speak of this as if I already know the voice. Well, that’s not true. Reading this helped me realize that the voice is there. It’s like I knew it was there…but never picked up on it mentally. [I know that's confusing]
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From this post I learned that we need to take command of that voice. Be aware that it’s there. Take command and honest that the voice is simply me being cruel to myself…based on what I think others might think and of course the NOs! Hard to admit sometimes. Much easier to blame it one someone else!
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I need to give a mighty tug against this enslavement as the elephant did. I may seem and sometimes feel to be in total capture – but I only am until I’m to break free.
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I’m willing to break free. I need to break free.
Your gift in putting what’s complex into simple form is absolutely amazing. I’m always in awe from your ability to do this. Thank you for doing so Rob!
Blessings to you.
Hi Jk. You mention that I write in a simple manner that is powerful. Your comment (here) is better than my blog. You did what you notice I can do. What thou be-est, thou see-est in others. You’ve just proven that by writing a comment that is simple and powerful. How does Jk reach a safe harbor (away from self-cruelty)? When Jk admits that is lost at sea! Now he can find the way. Excellent response to the blog, Jk. blessings
Spending time in the past, either in regret or in “learning”, can be pretty cruel for one who holds a “perfect” standard. The solution is in seeing with clear eyes. The question “why am I doing this to myself?” helps me refocus. I realize that pain,suffering, cruelty are only my choice so I can stop whenever I want.
Hi Sylvia. Thank you for bringing up a great way to be cruel to oneself – set a standard of perfection! WOW, I love that. What better way to risk personal rejection, not once, not twice, but for a lifetime. blessings.
I always thought words like Karma were too new-agey and wishy washy. As you point out its really pretty simple stuff. People shouldn’t make such a big deal out of being in harmony and being one with the universe etc. etc. It’s not that complicated. If you are going to get results in this world you have to stay focused. I never would have got to where I am if I built my firm with people who had no confidence and passion. We didn’t have time to get bogged down with worrying about failing – we were too excited about winning. Whenever I have doubts and start to worry I first examine it to see if it has any merit. If it has merit I obsess over correcting it. There’s not really any emotional attachment – either my thinking is supporting me or not. If not, I don’t bother thinking about it anymore.
Hi Georgie. When you obsess over making a correction – is it a wonderful obsession that makes you feel high? Then, it is not an exercise in self-cruelty. If the obsession comes from fearful compulsive behavior – well, now it is an exercise in self-cruelty. blessings.
Rob,
I have always intellectually understood the connection between thoughts and feelings but the word FREEDOM is the “smoking gun” proof for me. Whenever I realize I always have choices I feel more expansive and my mood lifts and whenever I feel my freedom is curtailed in any fashion my mood takes a hit.
Riley
P.S. The Science Of Freedom would make a great title for a much needed book (hint hint).
Hi Riley.
Student, “I would like to increase my intensity toward inner corrections.”
Teacher, “Increasing your intensity can attract unwanted emotional conditions. The lamp of truth is already bright; it is ready to guide you if you truly want the light.”
Please contemplate my response for a moment, Riley. By the way, I like your attitude. blessings.
Hi Rob. Fabulous blog. I’ve never thought about the ways that I create negative mental karma. All I know is that one minute I’m feeling fine and all of a sudden I seemed to be filled with doubts and worries and general agitation. I figure that stuff just happens from time to time. I will really have to examine the kind of environment and thinking I am entertaining that leads up to this negativity. Where I give myself a pat on the back is that I can allow the negativity to pass through and am pretty good about not dwelling there. I’d rather not have to go there at all!
I would do well to take more responsibility for my forays into negativity. I figured I was just tired and cranky and need a nap.
Hi Carol Anne. Negative Mental Karma makes us tired and angry and feel like we need a nap. We win back our lives by knowing what to obey and what to defy. Obey your natural inclination to think higher thoughts; defy that howling thought-voice that screams, “NO, NO, go back!” You are catching on. blessings
Hello Rob! I love saving your posts for my Sunday evenings! A wonderful, blessed way to close out the weekend!
I think you sum this all so perfectly with the ending short story – what an appropriate, purposeful metaphor. I heard something similar about Houdini and the story goes that while Houdini, while visiting England, would regularly escape from jails as a publicity stunt. He toured many major towns and cities, and managed to escape from the town or city jail in every case. There was one exception: a police jail cell in Preston, Lancashire. Houdini tried and failed to escape. Why did he fail? Because the cell had never actually been locked in the first place! Hence he was trying to ‘unlock’ a lock which wasn’t locked! I’ve always loved this story because it’s very powerful, just like your words are here Rob!
Lots to soak in and reflect on … thank you; always thank you!
May you have a wonderful, meaningful week that you are so worthy of!
Much kindness,
Elena
Hi Elena. Harry Houdini, known as the world’s greatest magician, went into the magic business to avoid working in a factory. His last words (which he spoke to his brother) were this: “I’m tired of fighting.” That is a perfect example of what we say when we have enveloped our spirit in negative mental karma. Sometimes we put on a great act (as did Houdini), but underneath it all we are living in hell. You, Elena, are an individual who has chosen heaven over hell, and are willing to explore deeper to make your dream come true. That’s what I like about you. blessings.
Hey Rob. Yes I am definitely cruel to myself. There are always two voices battling with me. One says you are talented and you can do it and the other one says stop tormenting yourself. When the negative voice comes on it comes in way harder and stronger than any of the positive stuff. I am not really sure what brings these “episodes” on. But when they happen they can be devastating. I figure if I can spend more time being steady and positive it will displace those extreme moments of doubt and pain.
Hi John. Indeed, it seems we all hear two voices. One serves no need and performs no beneficial service (it’s the howling voice of NO), while the other voice offers us the truth and inspires us to take more chances and experience more of our potential. The question is always, “Which voice shall I listen to?” blessings. rob
This is good one for me. My mind always goes out of control and keeps getting more and more negative until I think that everything sucks and life stinks. It happens once a day for sure. I just want to stay upbeat and positive all day. Most of the time I feel OK but I think if I was making more progress with my goals my thinking would be more positive the rest of the day. I just get impatient with where I am and start a kind of self-cruelty cycle. If I had my dream girl and a better job then I wouldn’t be going down the negative karma road everyday.
Hi Alan. Whenever you feel yourself falling from a position that makes you feel good about yourself, take the time to ask, “what is the inferior kind of thinking that I am now entertaining?” Ask this watchfully – watch for what shows up with an eye for learning something. You will be amazed at how you can stop the downward cycle. blessings
Hi Rob,
This post is on time for me. I have known about monitoring and correcting thoughts for years but I still have my moments when I revert back to old conditioning. Similar to the elephant story.
I have been maintaining my thoughts to empowering ones lately due to persistent focus and intent and I can see how much better I feel about myself and my days are much better as well.
Hi Justin. Welcome! The mind divides itself into opposite points of view. This is what happens when living in a world of polarity. Then we get to choose one side or the other. There’s our power! When we learn to choose the right side, our world goes right. This is what you are noticing. thank you.
It has taken me many years, but I have finally reached a point in life where I am able to be compassionate and loving with myself. What a relief!
What’s more, is that learning to be more compassionate to myself has naturally made me more compassionate to others which is truly a gift.
I still have some negative thinking to deal with, but I know that it really is possible to change the way you think.
Thanks Rob~!
Hi Jenny Ann. How do we treat ourselves more compassionately? We stop taking sides with adverse opinions. It seems that you have figured that one out. So simple; yet so few realize that it’s their choice to decide what side they take. blessings
Hi there rob, There are just so many things in life we can’t control – time and tide wait for no man, but we always have the right to be the captain of our minds. I loathe it when I allow my mind to run amok with thinking that makes me nervous and anxious. We have to learn to stay calm in the midst of tempestuous thinking. I’ve spent enough of my life being cruel in my thinking – enough is enough. My purpose now is the get through the rest of my years as purposeful and as peaceful as possible. Now, anything that comes up that detracts from that mission makes me feel like I am wasting my life. That elephant has the right idea – with a little awareness, freedom is just a step away.
Hi Salty. Stand on the seashore and just watch the tide come and go. There is no problem as long as we just watch. Only when we identify with the subsiding tide do we Cause ourselves trouble. blessings
Hey Rob, this is especially pertinent for me lately. I think I convince myself that I am practicing being positive, but somehow underneath it all I still harbor lots of negativity. Sometimes the old me just comes bubbling up out of nowhere. I just get fed up and loose my cool. The people around me think my new positive ways are just a weak act and they are happy when the old me comes back. It’s like the positive me is more of a facade but I’m the same Angry dude underneath it all. I’m not sure how to get rid of all that old anger. Maybe I have so much old Negative Karma built up I’m going to be paying for it till the day I die! Haha. I’ve just got to keep trying to live the new me as best I can for now.
Hi Ramone. You are improving conderfully. When you are angry, you are being cruel to yourself; when you’re forgiving, you being kind. Forgiveness triggers other momentous moments of forgiveness – how wonderfully kind is that! blessings
I love the story about the elephant. It clearly demonstrates the whole gist of your post about not being enslaved by our own limiting thoughts. It’s true. When we hold ourselves back with all that negative talk, we are simply being cruel to ourselves.
Hi Evelyn. The elephant needed a tiny mouse to remindit to stop being cruel to itself. Sometimes, all we need is the tiniest thing (like a short blog) to remind us of what we’ve forgotten. In a state of awareness, the truth always comes! blessings
I don’t think I have much Negative karma going on. I’ve worked really hard on cleaning that all up. I just give myself permission to feel down if I’m feeling down. I think denying that we are going to feel negative is a recipe for disaster. We have to learn how to embrace our suffering. Let it come and let it go. I have a long history of feeling anger and resentment and have had to learn how to make peace with all that. I may never erase it all, but I refuse to let it inhibit my happiness today.
Hi Alicia. You mention ‘learning to embrace your suffering.’ If by embrace, you mean allow it to pass through – I agree. If by embrace you mean to cling to it – hmmm. Feel gratitude that you are endowed with the ‘right of choice’; then choose to let suffering pass through; now that’s being kind to yourself. blessings
Hi rob,
It’s good to be back in the Blogosphere to get my daily doses of positive karma!The story you tell of the elephant reminds me of the huge powerful animal (possibly an elephant) who was first tied with a strong chain but over time, after he’d tried and tried to escape, was tied only with a small rope because he’d given up trying to escape. I believe in a way that what happened to this animal happens to many of us only the large chain is our childhood constrictions. We’re all walking around looking like adults but still living out of the worldview we developed in childhood. We don’t realize how powerful we are or how much we create the life we experience.
~sigh~ thanks for this – - helps me to hit the ground running as I’d intended to do!
Lori
Hi Lori. Courage to face how we are cruel to ourselves happens quickly when we hit the ground running, with a conviction to succeed. I believe that is what you are about. Thank you for that.
I dont Rob-o, I think dudes who start blaming things on Karma are just being mad weak. People are thinking about this stuff way too much. I cant stand all those dopey people who go to Tony Robbins saying please save me I don’t know what to do with myself!! Wah wah wah my mommy and my daddy made me this way!!! Why should I waste my time being cruel to myself?? That doesn’t make any sense to me. I’m like the elephant in the story – whenever I don’t like the whats going on I am OUTTTT!! No apologies, no regrets just OUT!! I always look out for myself first – mad people are always trying to tie you down with their own BS. I can’t believe so many people just stay there and take it and say THANK you sir may I have another!!! Even now my moms thinks I should be settling down and starting a family – thats sooo WHACKED out to me, yet so many dudes just listen to their mothers. My moms did great, but when it comes to my life I got BIG ASS plans. You just cant go BIG if you let every little punk with a chain try to slow you down – NO oNE should ever forget that they got a BIG ASS ELEPHANT HEART ready to go stomping down the street crushing cars and squishing yapping mutts along the way!!! GO ELEPHANT OR GO HOME – you know thats what I always say HAHAHHA! Holla
Hi Magic. Go elephant or go home! I like that. I don’t know what to do with it, but I like it. Force yourself out of your usual world on Sunday, and what will the rest of your week be like, Magic? Have you ever thought of doing that? blessings.
Hi Rob, this has made me think. I experienced a lot of fast success early in life but it all went away quick. I can’t help but think I was just carrying around so much of that Negative Karma that I did things to destroy myself. I guess you would call it self-destructive behavior. To tell the truth, I get nervous about having big dreams again. Part of me knows I would just sabotage myself once I experience some success. I’ve been working really hard at changing the way I think about myself before I get serious about my next big endeavor.
Hi Richard. Indeed, self-sabotage is a consequence of negative mental karma. We subtly sabotage our success because we don’t feel we really deserve it. Start your day by reminding yourself that today you intend to awaken from your unconscious cruel behavior – and notice little things you could do to be kinder to yourself. blessings.
Hi Rob,
Mental Karma does determine where life is going to lead us. People that complain end up having something to complain about, they just don’t understand that they are the cause. We are what we think we are and it is our choice. Our daily thoughts is what controls our lives.
For me I am going to feed that mental Karma positive thoughts and keep the smile on my face, because life is to short for anything else.
Great post rob and thank you for the deep thoughts, once again.
Blessing,
Debbie
Hi Debbie.
I have a deep thought that I would like you to consider the next time that you’re self-reflecting:
THE PURPOSE OF TRUTH IS TO HEAL AND TO INSPIRE
(1) what needs healing right now with you, Debbie?
(2) What would you love to inspire yourself to do?
BLESSINGS
Hi rob,
This was your reply to my comment. Hi Debbie.
I have a deep thought that I would like you to consider the next time that you’re self-reflecting:
THE PURPOSE OF TRUTH IS TO HEAL AND TO INSPIRE
(1) what needs healing right now with you, Debbie?
(2) What would you love to inspire yourself to do?
BLESSINGS
My question is What are you seeing in me that I my be overlooking. Hey I know I can always improve, so if I am missing something I game, let me know.
Blessings,
Debbie
p.s. I am smiling as I ask you this question rob.LOL
Rob,
This was an absolutely insightful read that made me aware why I think and behave the way I do. I have been robbed of my potential by my own mental karma. I thank you for making such a deep topic so easy to digest. Your post have made me aware of mental shortcomings an enlightened me to be able to take a path to freedome. Great post.
Hi Frank. Thank you for your open minded approach to my blogs. Nothing you ever really want is ever out of your reach, Frank. You are beginning to grasp the true meaning of this. I like what you’re up to. blessings
For me Karma is everything. And I can tell you it works to. Just doing nice things for people absolutely gaurantees that people will do good things for you. I used to think this was some kind of weird cosmic force that made this happens, but all it really means is that only when I feel good about myself (Mental Karma) do good things happen in return. When the negativity takes over it is like a snowball of bad gathering bad. Why not build positive snowballs that just keep rolling along getting bigger and bigger with positive happenings?
Hi Joan. ‘Building positive snowballs,” that’s a nice metaphor, Joan. I like your natural attitude; it’s uplifting. I can sense it. Naturalness feels and thinks and acts with quiet joy; thus, when we’re being natural, we are being kind to ourselves (great way to wipe out negative karma that comes from being cruel to ourselves). thank you.
Hi Rob,
What a powerful piece. I was just talking about Karma today with a coworker–sometimes knowing that Karma exists, is the only thing to pick me up when I have been wronged.
I also love what you said about noticing how rarely we speak of personal cruelty. That is so true! It is one of those subjects that is discussed under a cloud of darkness. Thank you for shedding light on it.
Hi Lisa. Even in the comments to this blog, few spoke of personal cruelty. It must be brought up if we are to deal with it constructively. Suppressing the fact that we are cruel to ourselves, gives power to more personal cruelty. We need not hide anything from truth, for it never will harm us (it will always help us). blessings