Living your Authentic Journey: Listening to the Voice Within

Living your Authentic Journey: Listening to the Voice Within

By Mark Hughes @ The Karma Institute

 

Many people have commented about our logo for The Karma Institute.  “Is there some significance, some meaning?”  Absolutely!  It represents the journey we take to get to our authentic self. What does that mean?  Each and everyone one of us has one or more inspired paths to take during our lifetime.  For some it is easier to find than others.  Some spend most of their life chasing the question, “what is my purpose?”  The answer is aligning your will with the will of your Higher Power, the Universal Energy, God. Many of us have experienced the rush from taking a risk and doing something that just seemed right, perhaps without logical reasoning.  The doors opened and everything just seemed to go right.  The light was Green.  Full speed ahead.  The Karma Institute’s Principles of Rightful Living comes when we align our will with the will of that Universal Power and we experience blissful satisfaction.  Our logo represents the two wills merging and coming to a point of awareness that leads to a moment of truth and personal glory.  Read the rest of this entry »


Teens Making Decisions with The Power of Karma

Teens Making Decisions with The Power of Karma

By Mark Hughes, Parent & Teen Life Coach @ The Karma Institute

 

Today’s teenager is given greater freedoms than any other teenager that has come before them.  Most have cell phones, many of them have laptops, and almost all of them demand greater freedom but don’t want the responsibility of the consequences.  They live in a fast paced society where the dewey decimal system has been replaced with google.com.  Their lives are immediate and therefore many of their choices are based upon immediate gratification. Because they live in that world, they move at a pace that doesn’t allow them an opportunity to reflect.  Not enough time.  Gotta go!  Often this immediacy leads to really bad decisions and regrettable outcomes. As a result, parents like to ease their pain by making decisions for them thereby removing them from the process of thoughtful consideration.  As a result, they have come to take for granted their liberties and have done little to assume the responsibility for their behavior.   Read the rest of this entry »