Self-diagnosis
QUESTION: Masters, I have depression and OCD, later through a reading I did for myself, I found out that those psychological issues are a karmic residue or lesson. Can you tell me more about it? I mean is it a punishment? Did I do something wrong in a previous incarnation to end up having those problems? Can you tell me anything about the past life that those psychological problems have their root? I mean the root of the karmic lesson which requires me to have depression and OCD now. ~Harry, Greece
ANSWER: It is very difficult for one to do a reading for oneself. In order to connect fully to the unconscious and hear the higher self, one must completely disconnect from the ego mind. When people go into a meditative state with a question of their own making, they carry with it suggestions for the answer they seek from the thinking or ego mind. In other words, it is almost impossible to get a completely unbiased answer for oneself.
Depression, a lack of an impression of who you are, and OCD are physical conditions that present in life as lessons from which a soul may learn about itself and how to turn negative issues into positive wisdom.
Life lessons are chosen by each soul before it comes to Earth (incarnates). The decisions are made at Home in the unconditional loving environment one occupies when not in the duality of Earth. They arise in all positive, unconditionally loving energy and therefore cannot be negative or considered to be a punishment.
Only on Earth is there negativity. Therefore, only when in the physical is there punishment, retribution, or revenge. Karma, as believed in Eastern philosophies to be a tit for tat, a result of some wrongfully carried out life, simply does not exist.
The only time a lesson carries over from one lifetime to another is by the soul’s choice. The soul may decide it did not learn everything it wanted to from a particular situation and chose to see if repeating it in another life would bring better understanding.
We cannot tell you the reason you chose these lessons; that would be like giving you the answers to a course’s final exam before you took the class. As with all lessons, ask why a particular thing is happening to you and why you feel the way you do about it. You can then change the way you deal with issues and learn how to reshape your life based on your freedom of choice.