![]() ![]() If you want to master your karma and become a karma queen, you have to accept that time is in a flux. Yet when we understand that change is a part of life, we have an easier time accepting what our relationships and our lives are right now in this moment. We start thinking that anything less than ideal is bad, and we become obsessed with the idea that things are not as we want them to be. As long as we look at our circumstances as bad simply because they aren't what we want them to be right now, we cause ourselves grief. In Buddhism, it's said that suffering comes from our attachments to how things are, or were, or might be. Universal Time Rule #1: Everything Is in FluxĮverything is changing at all times, even the rocks and the mountains! We don't think about how life is constantly transforming, but when we forget this is true, we can become attached to situations as they were or as they are. If you want to become a karma queen, it's important to align with the four rules of universal time: Worrying about the past or future, or wishing that the good old days would come back or that the future will be better, takes your eyes off what is happening in the present-and you must be in the present in order to begin resolving and mastering your karma. It takes time, patience, and hard work, and it starts with being honest with ourselves about what is happening in the relationship right now. It would be nice if our relationship problems solved themselves instantly, but resolving karma within a relationship involves a process. This does a great disservice to everyone involved. ![]() Meanwhile, we avoid acknowledging how unhappy we are in the present. We hang in there hoping the relationship will improve, that the past will come around again. Sometimes we do grasp that a relationship has changed, and we want it to go back to what it was. All relationships change over time, but we often fool ourselves into thinking a relationship has remained the same as it always was. Our discomfort with facing the present can cause us to struggle with relationships. ![]()
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