Karma is a deed or action which sets the entire cycle of cause and effect into motion. Today has resulted from past actions and tomorrow will be the result of today’s actions.

Most actions are based on reactions, very much like a mechanical response. Think and reflect for a moment and see what proportion of your actions or deeds are choices made from present moment awareness compared to merely following a set of habitual reactions? To answer this question, a good place to begin would be to look at our personal life and examine whether we live with conscious awareness or unconscious unawareness. If we live unconsciously, then perhaps the karmic wheel turns mechanically and we are trapped in the wheel. We continue to go in circles, unable to shed the karma due to deeply engrained memories where reactions become our habitual patterns. In such a habitual mode, how does one shed karma kalories?

Most of us are unaware of this hideous reality. Think for a moment, most human problems arise from the dichotomy we live in….
1. We fall into the trap of habitual patterns and
2. At the same time there is an inner knowing of the expansive greatness within.

The problems and frustrations exist because we have bought into a lie, whether we call that lie karma or the original sin. We cannot reduce human greatness to karmic helplessness. You and I have a choice in this moment to shed the lie of karmic calories and return to our expansive greatness.

The karmic wheel has been running our lives to the point where we have given our power to the interpretations, or should we say misinterpretations of religious concepts.

Obviously the fear of karma drives human motives. How much of what humans do is based out of fear vs. love? When did we begin to give our power over to the karmic law and forget the living greatness that breathes as you and me.

Pray in love never in fear….
Pray to unite never to reinforce the separation…
Pray for communion never to erase the sins that do not exist

Following are some ways to shed off karma kalories
Watch out for the fatty, greasy thoughts that cloud your inner love and beauty
When you become frustrated with the overwhelming thoughts, surrender them to your inner intelligence
When your needs, wants and desires take over and clog your present moment, look for grace in your life through all that you are
Practice spending less energy resisting and more energy accepting or letting go
Practice awareness in everything you do, think or say
Consciously bring your attention to your breath each moment, when that is not possible, every ½ hour is a good start
Begin your day by gaining clarity through meditation
Begin to live from your feet up vs. neck up
When in doubt breathe and return to the moment

Over time with practice of awareness, you will experience the expansive presence that awaits your return! I promise you will never have to go on a karma diet again.