Not only is karma not actually about punishment. Karma for the most part is not about relationships to other people, situations or circumstances in your life. 

It’s about you — the relationship you have with yourself.

In my last newsletter I talked about karma being "unlearned lessons about living the spirit of love". And I know my advice of "choose love" will have most people immediately thinking of extending more compassion, patience, or forgiveness to others. But here the thing.

As a spiritual healer for almost 3 decades, I have noticed the real karmic lesson is learning to extend those things inward.

Your Soul Isn’t Asking You to Be Nicer — It’s Asking You to Be Truer

The toughest karmic cycles don’t always come from conflict with others.
They come from the quiet, daily moments when you betray yourself such as —

• the “yes” you give when your whole body is saying no,
• the apology you offer just to keep the peace,
• the way you shrink so others feel comfortable.

That’s the karma of self-abandonment.
And it’s just as potent as any karmic relationship.

Karma Begins in the Mirror

When your soul hands you the same emotional pattern again and again, it’s not always asking,
“How can I love them better?”
Sometimes it’s whispering,
“How can I finally love myself here?”

• That might look like resting instead of pushing.
• Telling your truth instead of pretending.
• Listening to your intuition instead of overriding it.

Karma isn’t always healed through compassion or forgiveness of others — sometimes it’s healed through the compassion or forgiveness of yourself.

A Simple Practice for Today

Think of one place in your life where you feel resistance, guilt, or exhaustion.
Pause and ask yourself:
👉 “What would love look like here — toward me?”

Then do that one small thing, even if it’s just a breath of self aligned honesty or a gentle no.
That’s how you start shifting the karma within.

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