O que é um ciclo cármico e 8 coisas que você pode fazer para quebrá-lo

So, you’re on the part of your journey where you’re wondering what is a karmic cycle? Luckily, I have an answer ready for you.

O ciclo cármico é a forma como o karma actua na vida das pessoas através de diferentes situações e acontecimentos da vida pelos quais temos de passar para aprendermos uma lição da alma. 

Essa lição acabará por nos libertar dos obstáculos interiores, que incluem maus padrões de pensamento que se manifestam como infortúnios na nossa vida.

Ciclos cármicos baseiam-se na nossa vida passada experiências e o lições de vida que não conseguimos obter neles.

Para colocar isto em cenários quotidianos da vida real, podemos dizer que um ciclo cármico se abre ou fecha no momento em que algo realmente bom e mágico acontece, apenas para ser seguido pela pior coisa de sempre. 

Todas estas coisas levam-nos a fazer perguntas como: Porque é que eu merecia isto? Porque é que isto me acontece sempre? É preciso descobrir porque é que isto acontece sempre connosco e resolver o problema.

Before we go into detail of the whys and hows of karmic cycles, let’s talk some more about karma.

O que é o karma?

A palavra sânscrita karma tornou-se uma palavra predominante nas comunidades espirituais de todo o mundo.

Karma significa trabalhar, atuar ou escritura and in today’s world, it’s usually used to describe something fated and inevitable.

Essencialmente, é o princípio de causa e efeito.

It’s best described by sayings such as ‘what goes around comes around’ and ‘you reap what you sow’, que são basicamente outras formas de dizer que tudo o que fazemos tem as suas consequências, sejam elas boas ou más.

Quando se trata do conceito espiritual de karma, o karma é considerado uma lei espiritual. Cada pensamento, palavra e ato é seguido de uma consequência.

Tudo o que agimos e a forma como agimos vai voltar para nós em conformidade.

What’s frequently misunderstood is the timing of the consequences.

Geralmente, as pessoas esperam que o karma actue imediatamente, o que nem sempre é o caso. Por vezes demora minutos e outras vezes demora vidas. 

That’s exactly why karma in action is sometimes seen as cruel or unexpected because we don’t even have to remember what caused it. 

The timing depends on many factors but all of them include awareness and the level of consciousness of the person who’s holding the karma.

Para alcançarmos uma compreensão mais profunda do karma, precisamos de o aceitar como algo natural e como parte da realidade humana.

Tudo no mundo é animado pela lei de causa e efeito, incluindo as leis da física, da sociologia, etc., então porque é que a espiritualidade seria diferente?

A estrutura cármica é cíclica

What does this mean? If you look closely, you’ll notice that every unaddressed situation that caused a big disturbance in your life repeats itself in some other similar form after some time.

Agora, dependendo do seu estado de consciência e paz interior, esses ciclos podem repetir-se em ciclos de apenas 40 minutos (conhecidos como galige), within a year’s time or as long as twelve-and-a-quarter to twelve-and-a-half years (known as Surya Kriya).

A reencarnação: A importância das vidas passadas e futuras

Para compreendermos melhor os ciclos cármicos, precisamos de entender o significado de reencarnação.

Without karmic cycles, there would be no need for reincarnation. The reason why we keep coming to this life is that our karmic debts haven’t been paid off yet. 

A lei do karma is inescapable. Until all our lessons are learned, we’re bound to repeat the experience of life in this form.

Muitas coisas na nossa vida atual são condicionadas pelo que fizemos em vidas anteriores, como o nosso corpo físico e a nossa estrutura emocional e mental.

Isso inclui todas as coisas que preferimos, todos os nossos gostos e aversões, os nossos medos e anseios, que recebemos à nascença.

Everything we have ever done is ‘recorded’ and transferred into our new life. Since karma essentially means ‘action’, it can’t be stopped; it must be performed fully, it’s just a matter of time when we do.

If one fails to fulfill or make their previous wrongdoings right, they’ll pass their karma to another life and pick up where they left off and it’s the same with positive deeds.

De acordo com a reencarnação e o karma, a nossa mente é condicionada pelas nossas acções anteriores.

Cada pessoa tem um objetivo diferente para a sua alma durante a vida

Considering what I previously said, it’s easy to conclude that every one of us has a different life purpose. That’s exactly why we shouldn’t judge other people’s lives or choices. 

Often, many things seemingly don’t have any logical explanation but that’s a consequence of the inability to see the bigger picture. 

We don’t understand things without context. It’s like reading a torn page of a really big book and trying to make sense of it.

There’s no point in obsessing over understanding the whole book but working with what you have at a given moment and understanding universal principles.

Os princípios universais são inatos a cada ser humano e todos têm acesso a elas se praticarem o auto-conhecimento.

However, this is why karmic cycles offer a better explanation of evil in the world when compared to the dualistic views present in most of today’s religions.

Diferentes fases de ciclos cármicos na vida de um ser humano

It’s said that karma works in cycles that usually have a span of twelve years and they can be divided into sections based on our age. Here’s how they operate in every age period:

Infância

As a child, we’re completely unaware of our past karma even though our life experiences are already somewhat designed to form our personality in a certain way. 

Children are very easily influenced since they have no experience or capacity to understand things fully. Situations they’re exposed to shape them into the people they’re going to become. 

É claro que isto levanta uma das questões teológicas e filosóficas mais populares sobre o destino, o livre arbítrio e as suas relações mútuas.

Childhood karmic patterns are set to help us grow spiritually, to help us redeem our karma. However, since that’s our most vulnerable stage of life, past life issues have a strong presence and effect.

Juventude

Youth is the initiatory phase where we start being more conscious and start choosing a direction in life regarding the ways we’ll earn money in the future, etc.

Esta é também a altura em que o seu karma passado começa a aparecer de forma mais significativa. Normalmente, acontece algo importante.

It doesn’t always have to be dramatic on the outside but internally, it shakes up your being.

Your lesser developed traits will be highlighted and you’ll be put to the test in some way to learn what you don’t yet know.

Início da idade adulta

The karmic pattern is supposedly done forming by the age of around 25, when we officially enter adulthood. That’s when karmic patterns really start to show through.

Todos os tipos de dores e dificuldades emocionais, mentais e físicas de uma vida passada começarão manifestarem-se de formas únicas and you’ll be clueless about it most of the time.

Whatever needs to be healed will be given the opportunity to heal, no matter whether it’s the emotional, physical or financial state of the person.

Algumas partes da nossa vida correrão bem devido ao bom karma e outras serão difíceis.

Idade adulta

É aqui que as coisas atingem a sua máxima complexidade no que diz respeito aos padrões cármicos. O que se passa é que os adultos têm mais dificuldade em mudar e o karma exige mudança.

If you were successful with dealing with karma before this stage, chances are you’ll get to the deepest and most important karmic events sooner and undergoing those events will have transformed your life. 

No entanto, se não formos bem sucedidos, toda a bagagem se acumulará e começará a repetir-se até aprendermos a lição. 

Idade avançada

This is where the karmic cycle’s intensity starts to wear off. Karmically speaking, this phase is least turbulent because individuals have already solved their issues or delayed them for the next life.

No entanto, esta é uma boa altura para diminuir o seu fardo cármico porque a intensidade do carma é mais fraca nesta altura.

É claro que os sintomas continuam a existir, mas são menos intensos.

Como purificar karma negativo?

In the words of the Indian yogi and author Sadhguru: “Karma functions through certain tendencies. But with some awareness and focus, you can push it in a different direction.”

Isso significa que nós pode afectam o nosso karma. Eis algumas dicas sobre como o fazer:

Compreender o seu karma

We ALL have karma. We experience it daily. The fact that we’re born into this specific body and raised by our parents is part of our karma. It shapes our life.

However, there are some parts of your life that need special attention and that’s probably where your life feels stagnant or uncontrolled.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s career-wise or something about your love life, there’s something you struggle with. 

If some problem repeats itself over and over again, chances are that’s where your biggest karma lies.

O que tem de fazer é reconhecer esse problema e depois tentar compreendê-lo e fazer o melhor que puder com ele.

Pergunte a si próprio porque é que começou? Que tipo de sentimentos evoca em si?

O primeiro passo para se libertar das suas cadeias cármicas e crescer em direção ao seu verdadeiro potencial é começar pela raiz do problema.

Assumir a responsabilidade

Don’t blame everyone or everything for the things that have happened to you. Instead, take responsibility for your life.

It can be tricky when it comes to understanding why something is happening to us but it’s important to try and see things from various perspectives.

Observe os seus próprios erros e pense no que pode fazer de diferente da próxima vez.

Of course, this doesn’t mean you should constantly look back and try to change things, just be prepared to not do them again.

Don’t get caught up in a toxic relationship

As relações complicadas ao longo da vida são quase inevitáveis. Todas as pessoas terão, pelo menos, uma experiência de uma relação tóxica em que se meteram inadvertidamente.

It’s important to recognize why some people have the effect they do on us. What do they trigger? Is there a lesson to learn or is the lesson in avoiding them and seeing through them before it’s too late?

This doesn’t mean you need to create ill will between you and another person but you should politely and respectfully distance yourself from and set boundaries with people who bring you more harm than good.

Fazer as coisas com o coração

Existe uma coisa chamada Dharma na religião hindu.

You’ll find different explanations of what it means but one simply-put explanation is that it’s the life mission of an individual, the thing you do from your soul, your heart.

Algo que o ligue ao seu verdadeiro objetivo nesta vida e o ajude a perceber os ritmos cósmicos. 

Listen to what feels good to you, what inspires you and what you do naturally and follow it all. It doesn’t have to be financially beneficial or particularly useful… just something that makes you fulfilled. 

Tomar medidas positivas

Uma das piores coisas que pode acontecer a alguém é ficar preso num ponto e não conseguir seguir em frente.

It usually comes as a consequence of repeating the same old pattern that doesn’t serve us anymore but we don’t want to see it. It’s a repetitive foolish cycle that needs to be stopped.

A única coisa que pode quebrar este padrão é tomar uma ação, uma ação nova e positiva em direção a algo diferente.

Not only that but taking positive action every day, like helping other people when they don’t even ask for it and other good deeds can greatly improve your karmic debt.

There’s a golden rule when it comes to taking action: Don’t do what you don’t want others to do. It’s usually that simple.

Don’t ignore your weaknesses

Toda a gente tem os seus pontos fracos e os seus pontos fortes. Os pontos fortes estão normalmente ligados ao que já realizámos numa vida passada e os pontos fracos indicam onde devemos crescer.

In a sense, weaknesses help us get stronger because that’s how we perfect ourself.

All you need is the courage to accept and face your obstacles and that includes contemplating your weaknesses and improving them. That’s where growth lies.

Perdoar

Guardar rancor e ficar zangado com alguém são algumas das formas de abrandar o seu crescimento espiritual.

Sometimes we don’t want to admit it but emotions are a big part of every human’s life and they definitely shape our everyday life.

To forgive means to understand that a person who hurt you has their own path and their own karma you don’t understand. Of course, that doesn’t mean you should tolerate bad behavior, just not get attached.

Tente olhar para as suas emoções de forma objetiva, pense na forma como elas afectam a sua vida e como isso o ajuda ou piora a sua vida.

Changing perspective and focusing on yourself and your well-being rather than on the other person is what’s going to lead you to revelation in the end.

Estar presente

Raiva, frustração, ansiedade—it all comes from thinking and living in the past or in the future; that’s why it’s important to stay in the present.

To stay in the present means to think about what’s happening at the moment and be mentally there instead of worrying about something we can’t control. The only thing you can control is now.

Esteja presente e cuide de si e dos seus pensamentos. Pratique algum tipo de alimentação que contribua para o seu bem-estar.

O que são relações cármicas?

Relações cármicas are soul connections with lots of magnetism and passion and all kinds of strong emotions. However, they usually don’t last and often end up ugly. 

São extremamente difíceis de manter e o seu objetivo é ensinar-nos uma lição e depois deixar-nos a pensar no que se segue.

Essencialmente, são experiências de aprendizagem muito intensas pelas quais quase todas as pessoas passam pelo menos uma vez na vida.

Naturally, because of everything that’s been said, karmic relationships get a bad rap. Nevertheless, if we view them from a higher perspective, it’s clear they’re part of the spiritual process.

When you meet a karmic relationship person, chances are you’ll feel as if something has struck you. You’ll have an uncontrollable urge to go right to them and see what that’s all about.

Como é que este tipo de relação se manifesta?

The thing with a karmic relationship is that you don’t even notice you’re in one. You definitely feel a ligação magnética a alguém and it’s so strong that you don’t question why it happened.

If it’s in the form of a romantic relationship, it’s usually followed by break-ups and get-togethers, lots of fights, and reconciling…

It seems like you can’t live without each other but every time you’re together, you somehow end up irritating each other.

Usually, everyone around you notices that the relationship you’re in is somewhat toxic. You have the feeling like the other person is meant for you, despite the warning signs, and it’s difficult to break up.

However, karmic relationships aren’t just romantic ones. Any kind of relationship can be karmic, including with your friends, your colleagues, your professors, etc.

De um ponto de vista mais elevado, um relação cármica é algo com que concordaram mesmo antes de entrarem nesta vida.

Estas relações têm o objetivo de o ajudar a si e à outra pessoa a encontrar um caminho na sua vida atual.

Ultimately, they are just guides and they don’t last long. They’re here to balance something out and even if it seems very dramatic at first, chances are you’ll see it differently after everything settles down.

Por vezes, devido à sua intensidade, as pessoas confundem esta pessoa com um chama gémea or a soulmate but that’s not the case.

Tanto as ligações de alma gémea como as de chama gémea são muito diferentes de uma relação cármica.

A alma gémea é alguém que o compreende a um nível mais profundo, alguém que o ama incondicionalmente, alguém com quem tem uma relação genuína e sincera, sem mal-entendidos ou dramas.

As vossas mentes estão em equilíbrio. 

While your soulmate is someone who’s made out of the same energy as you, a twin flame is the other half of you.

As relações entre gémeos são, portanto, muito mais dinâmicas e, por vezes, até mais profundas do que as ligações entre almas gémeas.

Signs you’re in a relação cármica

Sinais de alerta desde o primeiro dia

There’s a high chance your karmic partner has shown some unacceptable behavior right from the start of your relationship but you decided to ignore the red flags. 

A lot of people do that at the beginning, with people they’re strangely attracted to. Usually, we get a hunch that something isn’t right but choose to ignore it because we’re blinded by passion.

Justifying your partner’s bad behavior

You’re so caught up in this relationship that you turn a blind eye to bad behavior. This doesn’t do anything but lead to bigger problems. 

Bad behavior isn’t something that’s just going to vanish, it’s not something that happens ‘only once’. It’s a serious issue that needs to be addressed.

Muito egoísmo

This one is pretty obvious. If your partner constantly puts their needs before yours, doesn’t listen to you or continues to put you through uncomfortable situations without thinking how you feel, it’s bad news.

Of course, everyone has bad days but if this kind of behavior is regular, then something isn’t right.

Lutas constantes sem soluções

Brigas intermináveis sem solução são a marca registada das relações cármicas. Vocês são como fósforos e fogo, sempre a provocar um ao outro por coisas totalmente sem importância.

Pequenas coisas causam uma grande perturbação e isso acontece a toda a hora. 

This behavior isn’t normal; in fact, it’s toxic. The fact that there’s never a solution to the problem means that neither of you wants to find one and there’s something else that’s bothering you.

Defensividade

If you constantly feel like you have to defend yourself, which implies that you feel attacked, it’s clear that something isn’t right.

With a person who genuinely cares for your well-being, you won’t feel attacked. On the contrary, you will feel appreciated, respected and safe.

Sentir-se inquieto

An emotional roller coaster isn’t exactly normal. There’s a certain appeal when it comes to passionate and strong emotions but in the long run, it just doesn’t work. It makes you feel restless and confused.

When you’re with a person who’s meant for you, you won’t feel restless; you will feel at home. You will feel at peace and safe.

Comportamento abusivo

When we’re caught up in senseless passion, it’s easy to ignore abusive behavior and brush it off as something unimportant, even when it hurts you physically, mentally or emotionally.

Please, don’t forget that verbal abuse is still abuse. If you’re experiencing any kind of abuse, get out of that relationship because that is not normal, it’s not passion or love; it’s just power play, projections and ego.

And please don’t think that there’s something to learn from abuse, other than it’s not normal and shouldn’t be tolerated.

A necessidade de mudar a si próprio

Don’t forget: There’s not one person on this planet who’s perfect. You shouldn’t change yourself for anyone, especially not a person who’s constantly picking on your flaws.

A karmic partner can sometimes trigger lots of insecurity and try to change the other person. That’s how you know it’s not love.

There’s no point in changing everything we are just to feel loved. We should be loved despite our flaws.

Feeling like you’re not good enough as you are

When you’re around your karmic partner, you feel like you need to be better or something you’re simply not.

This is probably because they keep provoking a reaction or putting you down in passive-aggressive or openly patronizing ways. In case you were wondering, this isn’t normal either.

If you feel mentally exhausted every time you spend some time with this person, it’s possible they are not only your karmic lesson but an energy vampire too. Take care of yourself and your energy.

Carência doentia

You constantly worry about the other person’s love for you and search for proof they don’t love you or vice versa.

You don’t feel confident on your own but need another person to feel validated. They trigger your insecurity and you constantly need their approval.

This kind of behavior is not healthy and doesn’t help you grow.

Tendência para comportamentos aditivos

Para que uma relação seja funcional e feliz, é necessário que haja compreensão mútua, aceitação de responsabilidades e maturidade emocional.

Um dos temas comuns das relações cármicas é o vício. Uma ou ambas as pessoas são viciadas em algum tipo de comportamento destrutivo que as mantém dentro de um ciclo tóxico. 

If there’s no genuine will to change, this kind of person will always bring you down and you’ll end up stuck in the loop too.

Trazem ao de cima o pior de nós

Sente que se esqueceu do seu verdadeiro eu? Tornou-se uma pessoa muito negativa e insatisfeita, que encontra sempre algo de que se queixar?

Se alguma vez teve uma discussão com uma pessoa cármica, é provável que tenha experimentado uma raiva sem precedentes. É provável que tenha havido muitos gritos, maldições, agressividade não direccionada, etc.

Os parceiros kármicos são, de facto, aqueles que desencadeiam o nosso lado selvagem e agressivo.

That’s probably due to something from a past life that we know nothing about but that does not excuse our actions in present circumstances.

Concluir: Faça o melhor que puder

Now that we have learned what a karmic cycle is, we know it’s inevitable. There’s just so much we can do to ease our life on earth. Till our last moment here, we’re bound to karma and karmic laws. 

It’s important to keep in mind that everything is transient.

That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care about what we do now but on the contrary, we should make sure to have the best possible experience while it’s happening.

A atenção plena requer disciplina, concentração e boa vontade. Estas coisas não são facilmente acessíveis quando a vida lhe dá um baralho duro. No entanto, não se esqueça de que as coisas más também passam.

Nothing ever stays the same. Remember that your mind doesn’t always tell you the truth. Sometimes it’s fear that talks instead of your true self. Don’t mistake fear for your inner voice.

Afinal de contas, a única pessoa que o pode libertar das cadeias cármicas é você mesmo. 

Every other person who’s karmically connected to you affects you but can’t control your actions. What people do to you and how they treat you is their karma; how you react to that is yours.

Put out what you want to receive and let go of what you can’t control.