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Hi, I'm Jasmine Nicole. Welcome to the Motivational Mystic, a space for authentic higher conscious conversations to motivate, inspire, and empower. Thanks for listening. Each week I'll drop a new conscious raising episode. Let's dive in. Karma doesn't have an expiration date, and it never misses an address. Today, I want to elaborate more on karma. I briefly spoke about karma in a few of the previous episodes, discussing how your actions, your words, and how you show up in this world is all an output of energy, and the energy you put out into this world will come back to you in the form of karma, whether it's good karma or bad karma. Especially when someone has wronged you or done something wrong to you, and you want to retaliate. You want to make sure you don't let other people hook you into their bad karma. You don't want to get in the way of other people's karma, and what I mean by that is, let's say someone lied on you, stole something from you, did anything violating or disrespectful towards you. They've already put out an energetic signature of negativity that will be returned back to them in the form of negative karma. I'm not saying you can't address the person or situation and clock the situation for what it is, but what I am saying is it's not wise to fight fire with fire. Because that person's already doing their self a disservice by putting that negative energy out into the world that will come back to them when they least expect it. You don't want to be a low vibrational match to that negative energy that someone is presenting you with, so they're able to pull you down to their level. You will put yourself in the position to be caught in the crosshairs of someone else's bad karma because you're a vibrational match to it. We've all experienced karma, whether you recognize it in the moment or not, from past scenarios or acting on negativity. Everyone is a villain in someone's story at one point in time. So we've all done things we're not proud of. Hopefully you learn from it, of course. But we want to make sure when people do bad things to us, our first instinct isn't to retaliate, like I mentioned before. You can acknowledge the situation and address the behavior or person, but it's not wise to return fire. Let's say you have a jealous or envious person, for example, that wants to project negativity towards you because they feel inferior to you or your accomplishments. How is returning negative energy back to that person by giving them that same energy serving you? That negative person is essentially the equivalent of an energy vampire, trying to lower you into their dark negative lair. That negative person is pulling you into their bad karma, and you don't want to take on bad karma someone created for themselves by stooping down to their level and looping yourself into it. They've already got what's coming to them. Why do you need to be included as well? Don't include yourself in it. That's an invitation that I would personally decline. Especially for my empaths out there listening, who can tend to fall into the category of people pleasers if they don't come to a point of recognizing that just because you can feel and perceive the needs and feelings of others, it's not your responsibility to always help or fix them. Empaths can definitely get inadvertently warped into someone else's bad karma by just seeing someone down and out on their luck or in a bad position and think to themselves, I can help this person. It's nice of you to want to do that, but you need to really assess if you should do that, because you don't know if the person in distress is dealing with the negative consequences of their bad karma, negative energy that they put out into the universe. Oftentimes with empathic people, I can speak as one of them that used to do this. I've learned myself to just ask questions and don't automatically jump into action. If you see someone struggling, if you see someone going through a hard time, you can ask them, is everything okay? Or is there anything I can help you with? You can ask and assess the situation from there. But you don't want that negative karmic energetic transfer of getting yourself involved in someone else's situation that they created for themselves, so they can just energy dump on you. It actually reminds me of an interesting tweet I saw on Twitter recently where someone gave a very good example of this. There were these two female friends. One of the women was going through a breakup, and she would call the other woman at all hours of the night, even calling a few times at 4 AM. The person being a good friend would listen to her friend going through the breakup, and be that listening ear giving her friend encouragement. But guess what happened when the person who was being encouraging and providing a listening ear needed that same friend when she was going through a breakup? She called that same friend at 4 AM when she was in her feelings, and that friend told her she's sleeping right now and asked the woman to call her back in the morning, and they can talk about it then. So the individual who was calling her friend initially at 4 AM in the morning, just dumping all of her emotional problems on her, was literally using her friend as an emotional dumpster, and she felt so much lighter and better after unloading on her friend. Where the other woman, who was being that listening ear, is stuck dealing with the negative emotions over the situation that the woman trauma dumped on her. And when she needed that same level of support in return to deal with her own breakup, that same friend was just like, yeah, no, not today. When I'm up you can call me in the morning, but goodbye for now. So especially for my empaths out there, you have to recognize that your energy is not always going to be reciprocated. You cannot go above and beyond for people because most of the time they're not going to go above and beyond for you. And that story is a good example of that. So be mindful of how much of yourself you give to people, especially if you're an empath. Everything is an energetic exchange, so you have to be very selective of what you give your energy to and how you respond to negative people, situations, or things. You want to be mindful of not getting hooked into other people's negative karma. I think it becomes easier once you have an understanding of the quantum physics that is at play on this planet, this earth, our existence. I spoke about the law of conservation of energy a few times on this podcast, and it certainly applies to karma. Energy can be created, but it cannot be destroyed, only transformed. So in that sense, if you think about it, if someone does you dirty, does you wrong, don't stoop down to their low vibrational level and do something low vibrational back. Because that eye for an eye stuff, it just makes both people suffer. Don't make yourself a vibrational match to that low vibrational person. In the end, you both will manifest negative karma by putting negative energy or actions in play. Whether that bad karma be at the hands of each other or just in general. As I've gotten older and evolved with life, walking in my purpose and grounded in my faith, I've seen this play out first hand. I've mentioned this previously, but I use God, the universe, source, spirit all interchangeably. They're all one and the same to me. An omnipresence greater than humankind that has existed before you and I and will exist way after. Everlasting, omnipresent, a higher power that is the creator of it all. So anyway, I just look at Earth within this larger universe as this big quantum physics board game or playing field, like a quantum physics plane or platform. And within this platform that we all occupy on this earth, we are each in our own individual game on various levels within this quantum playing field. Our individual lives being our personal board game within a larger quantum playing field that functions under the principles of energy, frequency, and vibration. Each of us have different strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and success that is unique to our own game and life story. As the author of your life story, as the avatar of your individual game, you will interact with others along your journey. Don't get distracted with what other people are doing in their own game. What success they find or challenges they're facing. You can learn from it, but unless someone directly asks you for help, and you can help, which is key, don't get consumed with fixing other people's problems. Being a people pleaser never helps anybody. Being a people pleaser doesn't pay off. So stay focused on being a main character in your own game and let other people figure out their own personal game of life. And on this big quantum physics playing field that we all share, you don't want to get distracted by other people in their own game. You don't want to get so sidetracked by other people that you then become a background character or supporting role in their game rather than embodying main character energy in yours. I'm not saying there won't be times where we have to take a step back, fall back, and let someone else take the lead. You can't control everything at all times, but using discernment will help you make decisions accordingly based on the situation and scenario. It's just important not to get sidetracked by other people's attitudes or problems, that it takes the focus off of yourself, that you get consumed by what energy other people are putting out into the universe that may conflict with your own. Good karma is easier to identify than bad karma because bad karma requires a person to take accountability for past behavior they may not want to acknowledge or admit. However, it's important to protect yourself using discernment, to not allow yourself to be hooked into someone else's bad karma and leave them to deal with the consequences of their own actions. So keep the focus on you. Don't get baited by other people's negativity or actions towards you. Recognize it for what it is. They're choosing to put negative energy out into the universe and don't be a vibrational match to it. Because that negative energy they're projecting towards you, if you're not a vibrational match to it, it has to go somewhere. It's not going to hit its intended target because you're not a vibrational match to it. So then what happens? It gets returned back to center in the form of karma. So you want to be very mindful of not being baited or hooked into someone else's negative energetic cycle that is looking to hit a target that is of the same vibrational level as they are? If you are not, it cannot affect you. It won't phase you. You won't even be bothered by it. But if you are a vibrational match, it will. And then in those moments, that's when you see people are ready to retaliate and like attracts like. So why take the risk? Why involve yourself in someone else's dysfunction and someone else's chaos when it has nothing to do with you? So I would say discernment is very important, and being selective of who you give your time and energy to is as well. As long as you're focusing on you, that negativity that is sent your way will get sent right back. Don't acknowledge it, don't respond to it, don't entertain it. We have to get really good at letting people deal with the consequences of their actions. And especially again, for any of my empaths out there listening, we are so quick and ready to dive in and help. And it could be at the expense of ourselves. You may really be setting yourself up to step into someone's negative karma. And we've got to do a better job of using discernment and knowing when to hold them and when to fold them, when you should take action and when you should just step back and assess. But just really being more selective and protective of your time and energy as an empath is important because you just don't want to get your hands dirty in someone else's mess when you don't have to. You can inadvertently do that. And you don't want people trauma dumping on you who are making their problem your business. And emphats can do that a lot and become very overwhelmed. So, with this episode, definitely the main focus on this is just making people more aware of karma. We know there's good karma, we know there's bad karma. But just being aware of not stepping into someone else's bad karma when they are projecting negative energy out. Because if you don't step into it, it won't hit you, it won't touch you, it will return back to center. But if you do step into it, you have to deal with the negative consequences of that energy being put out into the universe. And by doing that, you then step out of main character energy and become a supporting actor and someone else's game of life. And why would you want to do that? Focus on your own game, your own advancement, your own elevation and evolution, and maintain control as the author of your own life story. Don't be a co-writer in someone else's. Well, that's all I have for today, everyone. Until next time. Goodbye.