The following questions were put to us by our visitors  and workshop attendees. These questions are then answered by various teachers working for the sanctuary.

What is Karma?

Ian Jones: I thought id write this article after being inspired by the teachings of Edgar Cayce and decided to add my own inner feelings on the subject. Most people at some level are aware of "Karma" whether they truly believe in it or not. How many times do people say "what goes around comes around" or "I must of done something really bad in a previous life for this to happen."

The interesting perspective that Edgar Cayce put on the philosophy of Karma is the recognition that Karma is actually a multidimensional storehouse of energy made up of our past, present and future probable actions or memory. Simply put, every cause will have a resulting effect that is already shaping our current future and beyond.
The thing to remember is when a bad situation presents itself, we need to recognise that we're really experiencing 'Self Meeting Self". We may at some point experience the end result of our actions so that we understand all sides of our behaviour. According to Cayce and many other mystics, everything that we do, whether it be a physical action or thought, the imprint will be stored on this vast etheric computer system known as the akashic records.

For example, If we hoodwinked someone into believing our action was good but the intent was actually bad, then this will be recorded on the records for what it actually was, and by that I mean a bad cause. The truth of this situation will be revealed to all when we're back on the other side and when we're experiencing it for ourselves in the future.
This vast database of information helps shape our current blue print today and with perfect precision draws people and experiences to us to allow us as souls to learn from past behavioural patterns. We are hear to break these patterns and master our relationships so we can move on from them, if we don't, then we will be back here again until we do.
One of the many gifts that we poses as souls is free will, with this blessing we can choose to take either a constructive path when dealing with the patterns drawn to us or we can take a destructive path, it's up to us as co-creators and writers of our destiny to find the latent spark within ourselves and eventually become one again with the God force.
Right now your future is constantly changing and moulding because of your free will. When a psychic gives you glimpse of your future, they are mearly tapping into one of many possibilities that are bubbling within the future pages of these records, but many of these are only probable, we do poses the necessary skills and strength to master them if we choose.
Having said that, we must also understand that there are  scenarios written into these records for the current life time that we have chosen to experience (Good or Bad) that will allow us to grow, although we might not understand now why we would have chosen some of these things. All will become clear when we go back home and see the whole picture.

Another interesting perception to make is that all our lives are connected like a thread, you are the sum of all that you have been and you should always seek to be the best that you can be.

If you get the chance to read any books by Brian L. Weiss I highly recommended it. Brian uses regressional hypnotherapy to take clients back to previous life times, sometimes going back thousands of years. The thing that stands out when comparing somebody's multiple life times is similar reoccuring themes  and patterns presenting themselves. For example if somebody abused their partner through mental abuse and jealousy it is more likely to find this pattern presenting itself again in the next life time. Not because they are evil but because their soul is trying to overcome these emotions and patterns until they have mastered them.
After mastering these traits they may then choose to come back and experience being on the receiving end to finally see the whole picture and allow their soul to grow. But as we have free will we can choose to experience all lessons in a negative or positive way. All opportunities are gifts to be used wisely.

Just one last thing to note is that we're all part of a close nit soul group, we choose to come back and experience life's opportunities together. So your mum, dad, brother, sister, son, daughter, partner, best friends etc are souls that you're eternally connected to. You have had many many lifetimes together. Basically we are all soul mates. Nobody is ever lost.