Between Death and Life: Conversations with a Spirit

by Dolores Cannon

discuss how we are going to interact with each other. We have our free will on such things from the physical viewpoint when we get there. But if we work out these things ahead of time we are more apt to be open to our spiritual guides as they try to guide us through. It is a way of not being quite so haphazard about working out karma.

Through the cycle of lives certain connections between certain groups of people appear again and again in the various permutations. For example, in one life a person might be your mate, in another life one of your parents, and in another life a child or a good friend. These connections reappear in various lifetimes and are sometimes strengthened and sometimes weakened, but they are always growing. Then eventually, when we all reach the ultimate (the source), the connections have developed to the point that, if the desire is there, we can form an entity greater than ourselves with all of us being part of it.

The law of cause and effect is one of the basic laws in effect everywhere, regardless of which universe you are in. This law is one of the underlying principles of karma that supports the entire structure. And karma applies to how the different energies interact with each other, sometimes being cause and sometimes being effect, in a complex combination of moves. This is what builds karma. And anything, any action initiated can be labeled as “cause,” and anything that happens as a result of that can be “effect.” The action that results can also be called cause for other effects. It is all interlocking. It would be like having a sphere made out of chain links and they are all interlinked with each other. Every chain link is interlinked with every other chain link within the sphere. You

When you reach the higher levels of karma you no longer have to go through physical lifetimes to work it out. You can do it on the spiritual plane and still be working towards the ultimate. And even when you reach the ultimate, your karma will be influencing and including other universes and the working out of the complex tapestry of the universes. It is not to be considered a prison. It is just a natural cycle that you can grow and develop through to become your ultimate self.

Sometimes before someone comes down for another cycle of life, they will volunteer to go through something that seems to be out of proportion to the life that they will lead. Because their going through that willingly helps to work out a major portion of karma that would take many lifetimes to work out otherwise. It is not because they are being punished for any one particular thing they have done. It is just that they felt they were ready to work out a large portion in a condensed form.