Recipe for Karma

Karma is not about being a bitch as we so often hear.

Karma is about bits of our past that we have left unfinished, unresolved, tucked away in the cupboard for future reference.

Like a recipe that we saved for someday when we need something to bake. The problem is that like all things pushed to the back, they resurface. We think that it is all under control until guess what or who has found you on Facebook, the phonebook or the yearbook.

 It happens to all of us. In my book, Karma is the unfinished, ignored and occasional chaos of this life and its lessons.

Sometimes you are in the crossfire because of a current relationship and sometimes it is you directing the monkeys in the circus. I feel that Karma is much like death and taxes… and sometimes the Ferry Man.

As a society that is bombarded with bad shit constantly, we have fallen into the mindset that Karma is going to swing around and punch the offender in the nose. This could be a coping mechanism as we try to filter the broth; it may happen but don’t count on it.

Where is this diatribe headed? Well, sometimes the Universe will throw in a bit of a wooden spoon to stir the sauce.

For me, that spoon came in the form of Venus retrograde.

If you are a naysayer of cosmic events and the effect on our lives, you can stop reading this now; otherwise, continue on.

My experience of this rarer event (Compared to Mercury retro) was one of deep emotional upheaval. I was forced to deal head on with a situation that I had chosen to sit on for a few years (and it still has bits that may resurface) as well as a decades old drama that came to the forefront that I played a part in but not the main character. Take these 2 and sprinkle health, job, family stress and what should be leisure lodge (that I have worked my ass off for) and I have a new recipe in the cosmic oven.

Many folks that I know and associate with, have themselves been served a plate full of the Karma recipe during the VR (Venus Retro… Clever, right?)

What does all of this mean? How do we survive? What candle should I burn? What spirit do I call on?

This is what defines our practice as a seasoned worker and the immense life lessons that are brought to the table. The 18 month internet Priest/ess certificate of a 25 year old, dripping in Wiccan jewels and a black corset cannot have in their cookbook the abilities to counsel and do the workings for others that come with a life lived in the practice and lessons from choices, good, bad, ugly and grotesque. (Yes…. I said it. No apology) I respect what their journey currently may be and the talents of being able to call down the moon and release the quarters.( this may be a good help in the future if they stay with the work) I am not condemning or judging, we all need to start somewhere. My thought is this; when you are offered the gift of knowledge from a seasoned worker, invited to the celebrations, into their homestead, heed it just a bit. The lessons of our Mothers, Grandmothers and Aunties are laced with their Karma soup and this is what is shared when you are invited in.  Realizing the Karma bits that they have lived with will only give you the advantage when it is your turn to eat from the plate. 

My choice to share these thoughts, comes from a decade of mostly young women asking me to share my knowledge and teach them everything I know. When I start to cut the meat of it to stew size pieces, teaching them from my kitchen, I never hear from them again. They can get there quicker at the drive thru. (Society Truth)

As I reach the end of my 50^th year, so much understanding has opened up to me from loss, lessons, more loss, love, being loved and loving. (I have so much more to say about this year, but it would go on and on……) My stove top is full of different dishes simmering. I know from my dreams, omens and divination that change for me is on the horizon. I had to find my way to the dinner table, take a seat and clean up my leftovers that many times were served cold.

This is what your relationship with your spirits (land and home) your Ancestors (named and unnamed, known and unknown) are about. They support you. Daily mediations and offerings are the first step in building this relationship. Sounds like a lot of work? Any relationship is. The rewards, protection and knowledge comes back to you over and over…… A bit like Karma.