You know how things go-you get mad at someone, and you want revenge. But you know if you do something, it will look really bad for you. So what is your answer? He’ll get his, Karma will get him in the end. Sometimes, it happens quickly, other times it may take a lifetime.

But what about there being two sides to every story? We often times don’t want to look at that because we feel we are the victims and we just want revenge. We didn’t do anything wrong. The other person did. They are at fault, not us. We were just standing there, innocently, when the other person just swooped in and hurt us.

Let me share some stories/opinions with you. Some of these will be personal, others will be just from what I’ve seen.

1) A number of years ago, I had been in a relationship with a man. He had come from a very male dominated background. His attitude was women should be seen and not heard, and they should have everything ready when he got home. Being incredibly shy, I did what I was told for many years. I finally broke out of that mold, as well as, out of the relationship. In my anger, I wanted swift revenge. I didn’t care what happened, I just wanted him to get his!! And then one day, I really thought about things. Was it all his fault? No, if I was honest with myself, it wasn’t. I had my problems. Which then got me to thinking, if I really want revenge, well, it’s karma. My karma would be wanting something bad to happen to him and more than likely, something bad would end up happening to me too. Hmmmm, maybe this wasn’t such a good idea. So, I said to the universe, wait a sec. I’m just seeing this from my side, so I guess that’s not fair. He probably has feelings of negativity against me too. If you really feel like he should be punished, then I’m sure you’ll do something that will get his attention. And if I need to be punished, I’m sure you’ll do something to get my attention.

Shortly after this conversation, I found out that he had been seeing someone and had asked them to move in with him. He had always prided himself with being very intelligent (which he is), within a couple of months, he found out that his house mate, did not have a high intellect. He asked her to move out to make it better for both of them. She didn’t move out for almost another year. Yep, karma rules!!!! No one was really hurt, but I was happy.

2) I have been involved in the Pagan, psychic, wiccan communities for a number of years now. I’ve seen many people come and go. And I’ve seen a lot of people stay year after year. Each of those that have stayed have some kind of wisdom to bring to the “table�? Recently one of the Elders of the Pagan Community was diagnosed with a major health problem. Because of his past, a number of people said, well, he’s finally getting his karma. Look at him, see what happens when you do bad things? But I guess everyone forgot that another Elder was once rushed to a hospital down in Florida with some type of undiagnosed illness, and actually lay near death for a number of days till the doctors finally found the right combination of antibiotics. Now when that happened to this Elder, no one looked at her and said, Karma! They all looked around and said, who put the bad spell on her? My question is this, if it was karma for the gentleman, why not for the lady? There are always 2 sides to every story-I’m sure that neither of them are “lily white�? It’s kind of like the biblical aspect, if you’ve never done anything bad, throw the first stone. Seems to me that not too many of us could pick up that stone.

3) There is also quite a large Bigfoot Community out there. There is one gentleman who is supposed to be THE Bigfoot authority. He plans to capture one and then kill it. He has been all over creation, trying to find one. Anytime there is a sighting, he is contacted. Quite recently, however, there are several new websites that have popped up. They are questioning this gentleman’s authority, and his credentials. And wondering about the wisdom of capturing and killing something so unique (if in fact they do exist). They are wondering if the only place he’s a legend Bigfoot Hunter is in his own mind. Again, 2 sides! And karma even comes in to play here. If there are bigfoots, do you think our Creator is going to want something so different and unique killed? Or do you think He would rather we let it live and be what He created it to be?

4) Again another personal insight. I was once very good friends with a woman. We had been like sisters. But over a period of time, my life changed drastically. Because of some of the choices I made, she chose to end our friendship. We had also had a business relationship which ended at the same time. Through the grapevine, I heard about things which were being said about me. None of which were nice. Do I completely blame her? Of course not. Again it takes 2. And we each had our perspective on things. They were obviously very opposite of each other. Did I feel hurt, yes-and I’m sure she did too. Karma? Most likely-we had a number of past lives together. But it’s the idea, she had her friends who were behind her, just as I had my friends on my side.

Which brings me to another statement. When we are in a crisis where another person is involved, how many times do we bring our friends into it? And even sometimes our families? We expect people to take sides. Well, you knew me before him, why aren’t you on my side? Why are you telling me that I don’t know what I’m talking about, etc, etc, etc. If a friend is not taking your side, maybe they are seeing something you can’t or won’t see. Maybe if you take a step back, you might just get a little bit of a clearer picture. And if you meditate, you might actually see what this has to do with karma.

One more story-for years I have been terrified of heights. I had finally asked my spirit guides to show me why, did it have to do with a past life? Well, yes it did. I had been a Native American in a past life and had been being hunted by the white men. I had been cornered on a cliff and had a choice to make-be brutally executed or jump-I jumped. But the story doesn’t end there-I finally asked to be shown that life so that I had more details. Come to find out I was the Chief’s son, and I had some very futuristic ideas on how things should be run. Dad said no way, I had a temper tantrum. I had a wife who was with child at the time and I didn’t have the smarts to keep my mouth shut and just do what Dad told me. So I was kicked out of the tribe. I went nuts, literally, because it had always been my life. I did many bad, evil things to the white men and their families. Which is why they were after me. When I jumped, I saw everything, the error of my ways, what kind of karma I was going to have because of my weakness. When I finally hit the rocks and stream so very far down below, I didn’t die right away. But I was shown, that while I was dying, my son was being born. And he would be given a part of my soul to make things right. He would be a great leader and healer and put a number of things right. And then I was allowed to die.

Now for any of you that know me well, you know that in this life, I don’t like violence. But if you hurt my family, well, I’ll do what I have to do within reason. No, I really don’t think I could kill someone. I just don’t have that in me, but I could pick up the phone and call 911.
Does my dislike of violence come from that lifetime and finally knowing the whole story? Yes, I think it does. I’m a healer this lifetime. But again, 2 sided karma.

So next time you want revenge, think about it-it always takes 2 to tango!

Blessings and healings!

Till next time. - Cindy Lee