context in your life. as you do this, you will
start to gradually manifest more of what you truly desire.
The law of opposites is explored in great depth in Neale
Donald Walsch’s excellent book Happier Than God (Ref 3). Your
Soul Contract initially creates a specific subjective reality for you.
This is the opposite of what you truly desire and is coming from
within you and not being ‘done’ to you in any way, shape or form
although your ego may perceive it this way. it is important not to
fall into this trap of unconsciousness; otherwise, the ego will keep
you in a place of suffering which is its primary modus operandi .
For example, if a soul has decided prior to incarnation that
it wishes to re-experience itself as the part of all That is that is
coming back into its power, it will initially program a life of dis-
empowerment into the soul contract. This is where it manifests
people and situations around it that create the experience of
feeling like a victim. The purpose of this is not for the ego per-
sonality expression of the soul, which is a brand new construct in
each lifetime, to stay in the place of being a ‘victim‘. it is actually
the opportunity for it to decide not to participate in this victim
consciousness reality any more. it can then move towards a place
of empowerment of itself and others as part of the soul’s mission
here on Earth.
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YOUR SOUL CONTRACT DECODED
another example is a soul that wishes to become a good com-
municator and teacher. it would initially program in shyness and
unworthiness, within the ego personality, to be eventually over-
come so it can express its many lifetimes of great wisdom from the
very depths of its being.
a soul may not visit Earth very often, but has decided to incar-
nate to experience the heavily polarised human emotions on Earth,
such as joy and pain, depression and ecstasy, anger and serenity.
initially, it may not embody fully so that the ego personality is not
very present or grounded in the body. The result of this is that it
cannot feel emotions very well, is not emotionally present with
people and cannot relate well to the reality as a result. The purpose
of this initial negative context is for the soul to fully embody and
learn to navigate the emotional soup of the Earth plane – to be
able to eventually learn to properly connect and relate to people
and society.
Your karma is your greatest gift
Within the primary karmic challenges you face in your life lie the
gifts you are to bring into the world. You probably did not want
to hear that! Most people turn away from the hard stuff that
they manifest in their life through unconscious behaviour such
as numbing out, addictions and general avoidance of these chal-
lenges. This is caused by all the fear generated in the ego when it
comes to facing them. For your life to happen, these karmic chal-
lenges which have been sabotaging your life need to be accessed at
a deep level. They need consciousness to be brought to them, and
they need to be felt. The fear within the ego mind needs to be over-
come as it is blocking you from feeling and healing your karmic
challenges. Fear is only ever in the mind, it is never outside you.
For as you are an integral part of all That is, everything outside
you, which the ego can create a fear around, including people,
things and situations, is actually only part of you. it is only the
ego’s fear itself that creates a so-called threat to you, not the per-
ceived external ‘threat’ itself.
HOw YOU CREATE YOUR LIFE
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You can overcome your ego-based fears by bringing con-
sciousness to them. This is undertaken by first feeling the negative
emotions generated by your karmic challenges. This is the last
thing your ego wants you to do. For the more deeply you can bring
feeling-based consciousness to a karmic program, the more easily
it can be healed and transformed layer by layer into positive quali-
ties (see