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6 Keys To Karmic Relationships

Breaking free of karmic relationships

When you meet someone you have a karmic connection with, a spark of recognition ignites in your soul. You’ll feel a haunting familiarity, a sense of having come home, a longing for something not quite remembered.

You might recognise their face, name or the sound of their voice, or you may intuitively know you have met before. If this person is a potential lover, these feelings are magnified, giving the whole relationship a compulsive, alluring intensity. You’ll feel a connection that goes way beyond what you actually say and do together. Something profound appears to be bubbling away under the surface.

Familiar old patterns

Unfortunately, just because something is familiar, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good for you. You might feel comfortable in situations that are actually very limiting, just because that’s what you’re used to. If you have low self-esteem you may feel more ‘at home’ with people who perpetuate that myth around you because that’s how you’re used to seeing yourself. Unconsciously this might feel much safer to you than the terrifying unknown beyond your own self-imposed walls.

If you have karma to resolve in a close relationship you may be sucked into a whirlpool of repetitive past patterns and behaviour that appears to have very little to do with your conscious wishes and actions. But because you know the pattern, you’re compelled to repeat it.

Making new patterns takes much more effort – and brings unsettling change. It could mean you have to look at yourself in a new light, which can feel daunting. What if you are not who you thought you are? Friends and family may feel threatened by you changing, and oppose it because it brings to light things they need to break free from in their own lives.

Love versus karma

Discovering whether you’re caught in a karmic emotional rollercoaster is actually quite easy to do. Real love should be a peaceful, beautiful experience filled with mutual respect, joy and space to grow. If you’re hynotised by someone who controls, mistreats or lies to you, but whom you still refuse to believe would deliberately hurt you – you’re in a karmic relationship. You might have incredible sex, and feel like they know you better than you know yourself. But you also have terrible cathartic fights and say unforgivable things to each other. You feel like you experience life more intensely through them, for better or worse.

The karmic recognition falsely tricks you into feeling that your destiny is tied up with this person. It feels fated. And, yes, it is, as you have possibly encountered each other hundreds of times before in various guises. And the reason he or she keeps coming back is that you could not find a way to resolve your past issues. So why should this time be any different? Because this time you have the potential to understand that your karmic relationship is teaching you a lesson that could transform your life for the better!

Acceptance and realisation

One of the first things to accept if you’re in a karmic relationship is that you are actually in one. You’re not a fool to have mistaken the intense feelings you’re experiencing as love, or felt that you are bound together in an inevitable dance with someone who is controlling you like a puppet.

Karma has to be compelling and addictive, otherwise you wouldn’t learn anything from it. Its only purpose is to teach, so you can become more whole.

Your friends and family will have already pointed out that they don’t understand why you put up with your karmically-challenged person’s attitude or behaviour. And perhaps, intellectually, you know they’re right. But in your heart you’re probably still a slave to the beast.

The great news is that as soon as you start to consciously acknowledge the truth of your fated relationship, the mask will slowly slip, and you will see them for who they truly are. You’ll soon come to realise what the people who really do care for you see so plainly – that it’s not really love.

Your own path

This is one lesson you have to learn on your own. Everyone goes through it at some time, and your path is unique, created by your own personal karmic debts.

Although it can be a lonely place to be, the miracles that will happen when you take charge of your own destiny will amaze you.

Tackling your personal fears and negative patterns has the potential to completely re-wire your spiritual life path. It is also important to recognise the other person in the relationship as a powerful force in your life. They are teaching you a valuable lesson, one that could free you from an endless loop of negative behaviour.

Next time around

To break the pattern, one of you needs to evolve. But if that seems impossible at the moment, don’t be too hard on yourself. Though staying in an abusive relationship of any sort will erode your self-esteem, and drain your energy to deal with it at all. Speak out and get help if you can.

Karma can be painful – but as you learn more about your life, through both your wonderful and painful experiences, you will grow wiser and more whole, and the pain will ease.

Just being aware of the karmic nature of the partnership will lessen its power over you. And if things don’t get resolved, you can choose to put it back on the spiritual shelf for now. Of course this means you’ll have to go through it all again… but in another life, perhaps by then you’ll have accumulated enough good karma and positive energy to slay your demons once and for all!

Never again!

If you are feeling brave enough to take charge of your karmic debts in this life, you’re in for a soul-changing experience. Because once you assert yourself, or take charge of the situation in a conscious way, you’ll feel the burden slowly lift. Communicating your needs and wishes, not tolerating unkindness, sticking up for your opinions and beliefs, and most importantly, forgiving yourself, will melt those binding karmic ties into oblivion.

Once you have learned your lesson you will know in your heart that you will never have to deal with that particular piece of karma again. The person who had you spellbound will begin to look like an ordinary human being, and you’ll become master of your own destiny.

Weekly Astrology Video With Michele Knight 18th Feb 2013

Connect to intuition, sensuality and passion in the Year of the Snake!

The Chinese New Year officially began on February 10th bringing us the Year of the Snake. This Snake year is a Black Water Snake and it’s ushering in the opportunity for us all to get in touch with the intuitive, transmutational and sensual sides as every year brings with it a different energy. With Snake energy we’re being offered the ability to be able to read complicated situations very accurately so many of us will discover our intuition is offering us amazing insights and we’re picking up information we would have overlooked before. What we need to remember with the essence of snake energy is that while it gives us the information we need quickly, the deeper message is to wait to take action. Think about it – often a snake waits to strike! Snake energy empowers us by giving us not only the insight we need but also in knowing when to act on what we’ve learned!

Snake wisdom brings us the ability to handle change – transmutation and transformation. The Snake effortlessly sheds its skin. Many of us will receive insights that change is on the way and again, we may be amazed at how accurate these premonitions turn out to be! The message here is that change is inevitable – so why stand in its way?

For centuries snakes have symbolised wisdom – after all, it was snake to persuaded Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge – and also sensuality. In Chinese astrology the snake is seen as good, kind and intelligent. Tuning into the energy of this year we can access our creativity and also our sensuality – which are actually one and the same thing! Snake energy is female creative power and intuition and by using this energy we create and emanate passion, psychic awareness, sexuality, and sensuality in our lives. Desire is just the need to ‘tap into’ the power of your passion. In fact, discovering the power of passion truly does sum up what this year is all about.

In many native cultures Snake is seen as having the ability to create a healing on all four levels of existence – a quantum thought that emerged thousands of years before current theories on the holographic universe! By being open to the energy of this year we can become our own healers and at the same time awaken our psychic abilities in order to really own our personal and spiritual power! So – if you still think snakes are to be feared – think again and embrace the power of the Year of the Snake!

 

The True Magic Of Valentines Day!

Valentine’s Day on February 14th has a mixed and fascinating heritage. The month of February actually takes its name from Februa, an ancient spring cleansing ritual held on the 15th of the month. In Pre-Roman times, this melded into the festival of Lupercalia, held to send away evil spirits and enhance health and fertility.

Over the years, it has changed to become a modern day celebration of love   – a day when secret desires can be revealed through the sending of mystery cards and gifts, or a day when lovers relish in their connection. But it can also lead to disappointment and some say is just a cynical commercial venture. I think it’s time we reclaimed the original magic and made the most of this fabulous festival.  So how can you make the most of the magic of the day?

Avoid expectations! Remember, it’s only a day. If you’re single, spoil yourself and treat yourself to a blissful day doing all of your favourite things.

Single or taken, writing yourself a love letter is an incredibly powerful technique to make a commitment to you and to KNOW you are lovable. It can have an incredible impact not only on your sense of self but also can catapult you into a new love space and clear away any unconscious blocks to love. Go on – try it, no one will know! This is a magnificent healing tool.

If your partner is not romantic, don’t fall into the trap of thinking that they will have a magical personality makeover. Some people find Valentines just a commercial event and don’t like to be made to feel romantic on command of a day! Try and make some special time before or after Valentines. Who said there needs to be any hard and fast rules?

Taking a leaf out of Lupercalia, make this a day where you have a salt water and rose bath and visualise all of your past emotional history and baggage being purified and cleared. Love you, love life and know that you are loved, lovable and worthy of love! Make this a day to show yourself how much you love yourself.

Problems in love? Watch my love specials!

Valentine’s Day Surival Guide For Singles.

We’re almost at that date again when the whole world seems to be loved-up. Valentine’s Day is upon us as the walls of red cards, adverts from florists and towering pyramids of cute, cuddly toys holding red hearts stamped with ‘I love you’ constantly remind us. For those of us in a relationship, Valentine’s Day can provide us with a fun, romantic way of telling our other half we love them (do we really need a special day to do that?!). For those of us who are single however, all these commercial out-pourings of affection simply underscore the fact we are alone and not one of those lucky recipients of cards, flowers and that special over-priced Valentine’s dinner menu with free bottle of wine at our local trattoria.

So, if you’re one of the many people this Valentine’s Day without a special someone to call your own and you’d like to change that, what should you be doing?

First, and I know I repeat myself, but this can’t be said often enough. Look to your thoughts. If you’re going around thinking that everyone else is coupled-up except you – that’s exactly what you’re going to see. Our thoughts create our reality so make sure yours are telling you that love really is everywhere. Our universe is made up of love. So, imagine yourself in the vastness of space. Look around you. You can see planets, stars and entire galaxies stretching away into infinity. This space is not empty at all. It is filled with the presence and energy of love – the greatest power in the universe. And YOU are at the centre of all this!

Feel yourself surrounded by all this love. Love is all there is and you are constantly in the presence of love even if you didn’t realise it until now. The ‘space’ you occupy in the universe, in fact, the cells of your entire body are filled with this love. This love is intelligent – an all-knowing consciousness and this consciousness is constantly talking to you. What it is telling you is how special you are and that you are not alone. In fact, you have never been alone and never will be. It wants you to understand this on a deep, soul level because once you do, you know love is always with you whether you have a partner in your life or not.

Life is a mystery, but the presence of love in our lives and its messages are there to guide us through this mystery and provide answers to our questions. If we ask the question: ‘Why am I alone?’ the answer is that we are not. However, there might be a soul lesson in why we are alone right now.

When we tune into the love that is always there and start listening to what it has to say to us, it is then the real magic begins to happen. We begin to understand we are not only loved – we are love! We feel loveable. Think about all the people you know who have great relationships. They have them because they believe they are worthy of love – usually because they have been brought up by people who told them they were loved and loveable. Some of us were not so lucky but when it comes to being loved, it’s actually a level playing field out there – or should I say, level universe! The love that created the universe loves everyone and everything equally.

So, no matter your personal love circumstances this Valentine’s Day, understand we are all loved and that by tapping into the love around you, you will draw love in the form of someone special ever closer.

21st Century Psychic Skills – Scrying (Crystal Ball Optional!)

So, just what is scrying and how can it help to boost your psychic skills? Scrying is using a physical medium such as traditionally a crystal ball, mirror, candle flame, water or smoke to obtain visions of the past, present or future. Obviously the image of the gypsy fortune teller peering into her crystal ball is one of the most over-used by the media and this has resulted in scrying losing its popularity. But the fact is, scrying is a powerful way to connect with our intuition and to receive spiritual insights.

The great thing about scrying is that you probably already have what you need to start practicing it in your home right now! You don’t have to go out and spend a lot of money on a crystal ball unless you really want to. In fact, this allows you to try scrying and see if it suits your own particular psychic style without having to shell out on expensive cards, crystals etc. Remember, we are all naturally intuitive but our abilities work better with some methods more than others.

To start scrying all you need is a hand mirror or else a small tray or flat dish that you fill with a mixture of sand, sugar and salt (or any combination of these) and a candle. As with any psychic practice, turn off your phone and pick a time when you won’t be disturbed. If you are trying this in the day time close the curtains or blinds so the room is dim but not in complete darkness. Seat yourself somewhere comfortable and light the candle close to where you are sitting. If you are using a mirror for this exercise, hold the mirror on your lap so you can see into the mirror without seeing your reflection (this is VERY important so take your time to get in the right position). If you are using the tray method then just place the tray on your lap.

Take a few deep breaths to centre yourself. You might want to say a short affirmation such as: ‘I am open to whatever insights the universe/my guides/spirit wants to show me today’. Don’t stare at your tray or mirror ‘willing’ for something to happen or appear. You need to maintain what I call ‘detached mindfulness’ – you are present in the process but not forcing it. After a while you may see the grains in your tray appear to start to move or start to glimpse images in your mirror. Be open to what these are. If you get a strong ‘gut’ feeling about what they relate to file that feeling away and write it down in your psychic development journal later.

Sometimes it can take a few attempts to start to see images or impressions form. But if you persist you will usually find that scrying is a powerful tool you can use both for people you know and for yourself. When you have finished your session, write everything down in your journal so you can refer back to it. The reason I place so much importance on your journal is that it allows you to go back and chart your progress which goes a long way to boosting your confidence when it comes to reading.

Scrying is an ancient tool which may have fallen out of fashion in recent years, but it can provide us with wonderful insights and hone our psychic skills, and it deserves to be resurrected. So let’s give this ancient art of divination a new spiritual respect it deserves.

Your Spiritual 10 Commandments!

Mention the 10 commandments and most people get a vision of Charlton Heston as Moses in the film of that name rather than the list of ‘Shalt not’s’ from the bible. Aside from the insistence of a thunderous deity that we worship him and only him, when we look at them in an historical context, the 10 commandments are actually very good rules on which to establish a society. Respecting your elders, not lying, stealing or killing are all precepts nobody should have problems with. And archaic language aside, while being told not to covet our neighbour’s ass may these days produce a snicker (however, your neighbour’s tight gluteals may be inspiration to hit the gym!), this message is timeless. Don’t get caught up in material pursuits. Even in biblical times there were people determined to keep up with the Joneses’ it seems.

Historians have argued that the original 10 commandments were just a means of social control. But without self-control we cannot progress or evolve. Now, writer and philosopher Alain de Button has published what he calls the 10 commandments for virtuous atheists or which might be better termed the spiritual 10 commandments for us all. What de Botton is attempting to do is give us a set of rules for the 21st Century aimed at making us a become a nicer human being – surely something nobody could argue with except perhaps Richard Dawkins as de Botton’s list is really about the Unselfish Gene.

Each of us is different with our own moral and spiritual compass. So, like Alain why not create your own 10 Spiritual commandments? Here are Alain’s followed by mine. Let me know what yours are!

The 10 commandments for atheists are:

1 Resilience – Keeping going even when things are looking dark.

2 Empathy – The capacity to connect imaginatively with the sufferings and unique experiences of another person.

3 Patience – We should grow calmer and more forgiving by getting more realistic about how things actually tend to go.

4 Sacrifice – We won’t ever manage to raise a family, love someone else or save the planet if we don’t keep up with the art of sacrifice.

5 Politeness – Politeness is very linked to tolerance, the capacity to live alongside people whom one will never agree with, but at the same time, can’t avoid.

6 Humour – Like anger, humour springs from disappointment, but it’s disappointment optimally channelled.

7 Self-Awareness – To know oneself is to try not to blame others for one’s troubles and moods; to have a sense of what’s going on inside oneself, and what actually belongs to the world.

8 Forgiveness – It’s recognising that living with others isn’t possible without excusing errors.

9 Hope – Pessimism isn’t necessarily deep, nor optimism shallow.

10 Confidence – Confidence isn’t arrogance, it’s based on a constant awareness of how short life is and how little we ultimately lose from risking everything.

And mine….

 

Empathy: I agree with Alain on this one Empathy makes the world a better place by connecting to others we heal the whole.
Passion: Live life fearlessly as if every day were your last. We never know when we are going to return ‘home’ and each day is a miracle.
Non Judgment: When judging ourselves or others we often make assumptions and experience pain. Let go of judgment but deal with situations which need dealing with coming from a place of love. Welcome difference in others.
Kindness: Kindness is a secret super power! Kindness feeds our soul when we give it and makes the world a better place.
Thoughts: Know the power of our thoughts. Our thoughts create our reality when we change our thoughts we transform our life and the life of others.
Self-awareness: I’m with Alain on this one! Written above the temple of Delphi KNOW THYSELF. Within us is more mystery and magic than we can possibly know. Knowing ourselves allows us to take responsibility for our reality.
Forgiveness: Forgiveness sets us free and enables us to move through life with fewer burdens.
 Unique Soul: Every human is a unique soul who has made the miraculous journey onto this Earth. Embrace your unique gifts, our contract is to be ourselves and follow our bliss!
Be The Change: We are the change we want to see, when we change our own patterns and become the best we can be ALL of our relationships change.
Unconditional Love: Love ourselves and others with compassion.

Weekly Astrology Video With Michele Knight 11 Feb 2013

Wow! The astrology of the moment is intense and emotional. A week with huge potential! This is a time of love and creativity. Avoid feeling paranoid or over sensitive.

Much love

Michele and Kiki xoxox

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Weekly Astrology Video With Michele Knight 4 Feb 2013

We are heading towards some incredible astrology! We all have the chance to open up to a new level of intuition and connection. Next week we go even further! If you love these please do share them. Have a stunning week :)

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Maifesting Love – A Date To Create Love

Many of our clients want a psychic reading about love. I thought I would write a few articles on how to manifest love, improve love and bring love into your life! In a relationship but stuck in a rut? Spinning your wheels in a job you don’t like or blocked creatively? If you’re waiting for Prince/ess Charming to ride in and sweep you off your feet to solve your problems or for your current frog to turn into one, then waiting just isn’t the answer. Neither is sitting waiting for inspiration to strike or for your true soul calling to be magically revealed.

If it’s been a while since there’s been any magic or romance in your life then what you need is to go on a date – with yourself. It doesn’t matter what kind of changes you’re looking to manifest in your life but treating yourself as you want a lover or indeed the world, to treat you can be empowering, make you appreciate yourself, change the energy you are putting ‘out there’ when it comes to attracting who or what you want, and above all – be fun! After all, if you’re not prepared to treat yourself to a little romance and joy then how do you expect someone else to? The world reflects the value we put on ourselves.

In her book The Artists Way, Julia Cameron recommends we take ourselves on an ‘Artists date’ once a week to put us in touch with our creativity. But we don’t have to consider ourselves artists to get the benefit of this practice although if we are creatively blocked it’s a great way to get the creative process going again.

Have a think about what the perfect date would consist of for you. Imagine someone going to a lot of trouble to take you somewhere you would love to visit. Organising an activity that would put a smile on your face and spending time with you doing the things that would make you happy. Now, go to your diary and write in it several dates over the next month to start to do these things. You are going to have a date with love – self-love!

Make sure you take your dates with yourself seriously – just as you would if you were going on a romantic date with someone special. If you’re going on an outdoor activity then take anything you would need or like to have with you. A small picnic, your camera perhaps. Plan your route to include the sights you’d like to stop and see. Perhaps your date is to try a new restaurant or visit someplace you’ve wanted to see or return to? Get dressed up as if you were meeting someone special. You are – yourself! And don’t be tempted to cancel or stand yourself up either. You wouldn’t do that to a real date now, would you?

Every time we give ourselves self-love we boost our self-worth because we remind ourselves that we are worthy of love. The universe then starts to reflect this new view of ourselves. And by getting in touch with what you enjoy doing you’ll reconnect to lost parts of yourself which can help with inspiration and career issues.

It’s one of the great paradoxes of life that in order to get something, you already have to have it. If you’re looking to bring romance into your life then going on a date with yourself makes you appreciate all you have to offer a partner. When we feel attractive we attract – it’s that simple! So plan your ideal date with yourself and chances are you soon won’t be just dating on your own.