Q & A with Swamiji ~ Family Karma

[Guest guest]

>> Question from SadhuMaa:>> Can you please offer insight regarding

few questions I have been contemplating? First,

>> can we ever truly escape the karma of our families of origin? I am recognizing how very

>> deep and far reaching are the tendrils of such roots. If so, how do

we cut these bonds? >> Thank you for your time. >> Swamiji's

response:>> No, we do not escape from family ties - we perfect them.

We use these relationships to >> offer the most pure expression of

dharma that is possible, removing all selfishness from >> our

actions.

Dear group ~ Swamiji's answer to SadhuMaa's question completely blew

me away. (So, that's twice in one day). I feel like a lightbulb went

off in my head. Many of you here know about some of the older and

more recent family issues I've been dealing with, and also know of my

sankalpa to say nothing negative about them. This has been so hard.

Two days ago

I completely broke down and told my hubby I didn't know if I could

keep the sankalpa because I was beginning to feel as if I were going

to implode ... I mean really. I cried a lot.

He listened. I don't really remember much more than that, but he said,

in the midst of my turmoil I did not break my sankalpa.

Now Swamiji comes along with this answer and turns the entire issue

upside down, and for some reason this all makes total sense to me. We

can't break the ties; my heart has shown me that. So what then was I

to do? I broke down. Now Swamiji has given me the answer, because

SadhuMaa's question was also my own. Perfect them. Perfect them. The

amount of meaning, clarity, and spiritual advisement in those two

words is so powerful that it broke through all my walls of sorrow,

pain, defense, anger, everything. Just perfect them. If anyone is

able, I hope he or she will pass my deep thanks along to Swamiji.

Pranams ~ Linda