Last week I slipped into an old familiar pattern of interacting with a friend. I had created some healthy distance because our relationship wasn’t what I needed it to be. Something came over me though, and I started to forget about the boundaries that I’d so carefully placed between us.
I know what came over me: Karma. Acting from karma is choosing the path of least resistance. The path that is so comfortable that you slide into it without thinking. Behaviors, relationships, thoughts and beliefs are some examples of these old patterns that fit like a glove, and prefer to stay put.
Karma draws us to it magnetically because it has a strong energy field, which is fed each time we re-enact the scene.
Inspiration is different – it is the voice of life coming from the present moment, no strings attached. This voice is lighter, and sometimes fainter. At first we have to override the heavy, loud voice of karma, and even years later it can sneak up and seduce you into its grip.
The voice of life lifts you into health one moment at a time. When we heed this inspired call, the strings attached to unhealthy patterns loosen and eventually release. Then there is only one voice and one choice – the inspired one.