Karma is the result of your actions. Sometimes they’re immediate, other times those results take time to come full circle. Sometimes you can take action to prevent those results before they come around, like putting that money back that you stole from your mom before she notices. But sometimes taking that action makes things worse for you, like trying to put that money back in your mom’s purse and getting caught red handed.
In the first example, where you return the money without getting caught, nothing happens, although you may experience guilt for taking the money in the first place. But ultimately only you are affected by that. In the latter example, however, it’s not just you who is affected by getting caught, but your family as well. That karma of being caught, even though you tried to rectify your original choice, is now your family doesn’t trust you anymore. While that breach in trust can potentially be repaired, that will be the karma of a lot of work on your part.
Our family can also be affected by our karma, and often are. Some situations are more overt while others take root at the subconscious level.
If you’re a parent that instead of doing what you can to provide for your family and instead you’re jobless and spend your time drinking or getting high, that child will be normalized to that behavior and ultimately are more likely to take on those patterns as well. Your karma could very well be that your children mirror you as they become adults.
If you’re in prison, your child has to deal with the lack of a parent in the home and can be the subject of teasing and bullying at school, or even suffer abandonment issues. Depending on what the parent is incarcerated for, there could be deep sentiments of shame that the child feels and has to heal from due to your actions.
If you’re a mother and leave your husband because you cheat (and vice-versa), that child now has to deal with that shame as they grow up and heal from those wounds. Other karma from this is the child having broken and negative views on marriage and relationships in general, often having a hard time trusting partners or even friends.
If your home is dangerous, either physically because it’s falling apart, constant violence and abuse, or evidence of constant drug abuse, your children can be taken away from you and at best be forced to live with a family member, or worse, become wards of the state living in fostering homes and all the things that come along with that.
But your children, and family as a whole, can experience the results of your good karma as well.
For example, if you're in an abusive relationship or your spouse is cheating and you decide to leave, this can put your child in a healthier and safer position in life. It might not be an ideal situation, but if your child is no longer around an abusive parent, there’s a great level of safety available now that danger has been removed.
If you start your own business or set up ways to increase your wealth, the child is better provided for and adopts these tendencies. Your family has better opportunities available to them. Your children have a better start in life than you did when you were first striking out, especially when they have seen first hand how you build up your income and now have a framework to go on in their own way.
These are watered down examples of how your karma can affect your family. In fact, the very existence of your family is a result of your karma, planned or not. So be intentional and conscious in your choices. Your karma can, and often does, affect more than you.
Thank you for reading, and have another enlightening day!
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