The Gateway of Karmic Relief
“You were never rejected. You were always loved.”
As soon as I heard the words Karmic Relief, I suddenly heard laughter and the phrase Comic Relief.
The air immediately lightened, because karma is a difficult subject. Most of us have either faced much of it by now or spent years pushing it into the shadows.
So how does comic relief apply to karmic relief?
And what exactly is the gateway?
In much of Western spirituality, karma is not commonly discussed except through ideas such as “original sin” — the belief that humanity fell from grace because Eve tempted Adam with the apple, and humanity was expelled from paradise. The solution often becomes obedience, repentance, and attempting to regain favor through religion and external authority.
In many Eastern traditions, karma is understood differently: as the energetic balancing of choices, actions, and intentions. The focus becomes learning to create less imbalance while restoring harmony through conscious living.
I am simplifying both perspectives, and I know this may create resistance for some readers. That is not my intention. Beneath both ideas lies something very similar:
At some point, consciousness made choices that moved it out of alignment with the peace and harmony of Oneness.
Perhaps it began with the great creative impulse itself:
What if?
What if I experienced this?
What if I created that?
What if I explored existence in a different way?
That impulse is not evil. It is part of creation itself. We are Flames of Expansion and Experience within the One.
Yet one of the foundational principles of creation is balance and harmony. All things arise from the balance of Oneness and eventually seek to return to that harmony when imbalance is created.
We have never actually left the Oneness. We exist within it still. Through our choices, however, we created different spheres of experience — what many today might call timelines — in order to explore the “What if?” of creation.
As consciousness moved into denser forms of experience, especially within the 3D human experience, we forgot our connection to the Oneness. We began to feel alone, abandoned, rejected, or unworthy. We believed we were “bad,” sinful, or burdened by karma.
We forgot that the Source never abandoned us.
So where does the comic relief come in?
The relief comes when we remember:
We were created to explore, expand, and create.
What if? is not a mistake. It is part of the movement of life itself.
We can experience creation aligned with the flow of Oneness — with joy, wonder, compassion, and harmony — or we can create from fear, separation, and egoic preservation.
The ego perspective says:
“I did something wrong.”
“I am being punished.”
“I must suffer to be worthy again.”
But the deeper remembrance says:
“You are a Flame of the Creator. You never left the Source. You simply forgot.”
And in that remembering, the veils begin to lift.
We start to understand karma not as punishment, but as imbalance seeking restoration. We see how choices create experiences, and how conscious awareness allows us to restore harmony and move forward in peace.
Perhaps Eve did not “tempt” Adam at all. Perhaps consciousness simply chose to explore individuality apart from full alignment with the Oneness.
Each of us has done the same in countless ways.
If you come from a Christian background, you may struggle with the idea that original sin is not exactly what you were taught. Perhaps it may help to view it differently:
The Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine are not separate forces competing against one another. They are expressions of the same Source — unified creative consciousness.
Paradise is Unity Consciousness with all life.
When consciousness creates while aligned to that unity, creation flows harmoniously. But when creation arises from separation, fear, or self-preservation alone, imbalance occurs.
That imbalance is what we later experience as karma.
Not punishment.
Not rejection.
Simply energies seeking restoration and reunion with harmony.
We were never forced into earthly embodiment. We chose to come here.
Earth is extraordinarily beautiful when not distorted by fear, greed, and imbalance. It is a place where consciousness can experience form, relationship, creativity, growth, and transformation in remarkable ways.
Many of us came because we wanted to help restore balance — both within ourselves and within the collective. We also understood that Earth provided a powerful opportunity to balance unresolved energies from other experiences and timelines.
We volunteered to be here.
So perhaps it is time to stop seeing ourselves only as victims of life and begin laughing a little at the seriousness with which we carry our suffering.
We came here willingly.
We chose this experience.
And we are learning through it.
Meanwhile, we live upon one of the most beautiful and abundant worlds imaginable, yet we spend so much of our time focusing only on what is wrong instead of aligning with what is beautiful, possible, and alive.
Do not feed worry endlessly, for it only creates more worry.
Do not spend all your time focused on what is broken.
Instead, begin aligning to what brings peace, beauty, compassion, and harmony into the field of life around you.
The best example coming to mind for me right now is the Monks Walk for Peace. If you have followed my writings, you already know this story.
The monks walked through India, then from Texas to Washington D.C. during winter, and later through the Philippines — simply walking in peace with every step.
They trusted the Oneness to provide.
Physically, they endured many hardships, yet they did not lose the peace within their hearts. Their presence itself lightened the hearts of those they encountered because peace was what they anchored into the Earth.
During their walk in India, they encountered a stray dog whom they named Aloka. Aloka continued with them throughout their journey and became part of their family.
Later, while walking in the United States, Aloka developed a serious problem with his leg. The monks had to leave him behind temporarily for surgery and healing. They did not know whether he would return, yet they trusted the process and continued their journey.
Eventually, Aloka healed and rejoined them.
When the journey later ended and some of the monks departed for Thailand, Aloka cried at the airport as members of his family left. It touched the hearts of everyone watching.
Why do I share this story?
Because each of us came here with a journey of our own.
The monks loved Aloka deeply, but they also understood that his healing journey was part of his path, just as continuing the walk was part of theirs. They trusted the flow of life instead of collapsing into fear.
Perhaps karma and the Oneness can be viewed similarly.
We are part of the One. We came here to explore, learn, create, experience, and eventually restore harmony where imbalance was created.
The Source knows we will one day remember.
And if not in this lifetime, then perhaps another.
Meanwhile, all of our experiences become wisdom returned to the greater field of Oneness itself.
My father often used to say:
“If we make the best decision we can in this moment and it does not turn out as we hoped, then next time we will make a different choice.”
To me, that is the essence of the karmic process.
Not punishment.
Not shame.
Learning.
Exploring.
Understanding what alignment and misalignment feel like through direct experience.
As I write this, I hear two songs softly in the background of my mind:
“Don’t worry… be happy.”
And:
“I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart…”
Perhaps that is the true gateway of karmic relief.
To remember that beneath all of the fear, striving, guilt, and struggle…
the Flame still lives within us.
So meet each day with this simple remembrance:
Today is my peaceful day.
I AM HERE.
Today I will focus upon the joy of Being
and greet all choices from alignment.
Oracle of Divine Grace 