The Karmic Ties that Bind

Did you know that the universe is made up of atoms and particles?
They say that you can choose your friends, but not your family.
Yet, I believe we do have choices, though not all are consciously made.
As a believer of spirituality and not religion, I believe that we chose our families, 
but consciously I know that we'd like to be a member elsewhere.


As one of the atoms and particles, we are like magnets who attract what we like. 
Like isn't necessarily good, but where we can grow and learn from, aka Soul lessons
for humans that are of different levels. This is what makes humans so unique because we 
don't run away from danger. Instead, we go through danger. 


'Like attracts like'. Subconsciously, we attract the good/bad people/situations that surround us.
I'm going to use myself as an example:
We are a family of 6, 2 parents and 4 children- 3 girls and 1 boy of varying ages. 
Since I was young, I am the only person who was fascinated with life-- afterlife, past-life
and the spiritual life (not religion).


Educated in a Protestant school, I thought I could find life's answers in religion.
But it was only through Meditation, Yoga, Reiki and Theta Healing that I came to understand
my life, full-circle. I am now happy and at peace with myself, no longer materialistic.


Financially blessed, but I always felt that something was amiss. The material happiness
faded quickly. My folks are all 'spiritual toddlers' whose karmic path I have to undo. 
Surely I sound vague right now, but here's an example:


My mother is a resentful person, while my dad's not learned his lessons. 
Hence, my karmic ties with them is to live without regrets and to 'take it with a grain of salt
and run with it'.
To compare the spiritual hardships with material wealth, I thank them for the spiritual maturity 
their lives have moulded me, today. However, I don't want to go through the same thing all over again, 
or anyone else for that matter. Say, even the lack of money is something that you can work on and earn
from, but the soul lessons are much harder.


I thought I could consult them with 'soul matters' but they don't know anything about it.
Maybe they are corrupted with material wealth. They're posh, they've earned it, but 
for me, what matters is what's inside the heart. 


My journey to undo their karmic path continues, it's hard, but what's important 
is that I am growing to seek my potential as a human being. I'm not going to disappoint 
the Higher Being by living my life with an attitude of: Your plans don't work for me.
Because they really do. I've seen it in universe's time.