A lot of people, the minute they hear that somebody is hurting or in need of some sort of help, in some sort of way, immediately reach out their hand and try to provide that help. On the surface, this seems like a very good thing; don’t you think? But, there’s a much deeper level to all of this. A level that most people never consider. A level that most people don’t have the understanding to even fathom. That level is, what is the karma of helping?
 
Let’s think about this for a minute… A person finds themselves in need of help. How did they end up there? Why did they end up there? What did they personally do, that led them to that place where they were in trouble, by however you wanted to describe that word, and in need of help?
 
This is a very important element to any help situation. This is a very important element to the way and/or the why or why not you should help an individual. What did they do that led themselves to the situation that they find themselves in need of help?
 
Here’s the thing, and this is the thing that many people do not understand, a person has ended up where they have ended up, generally by their own actions. Maybe it was not direct actions, but more times than not, whenever a person ends up in a situation of needing help, they have created that situation—they have brought that situation onto themselves in some way, shape, or form. Maybe it was by them doing something. Maybe it was by them setting a course of events into motion by doing something way back in the way back when. Maybe it was simply a choice of who they choose to associate with. But, at the root of all of that, is the individual themselves. Thus, what is the karma of the person who needs help?
 
And, here’s the kicker. The moment you begin to help somebody you interfere with their karma. In fact, it is commonly believed, in metaphysical circles, that when you help a person in need, you are taking on their karma. At least in some small way. Why? Because you have interceded in the natural flow of what is taking place in their life. You are interrupting whatever karmic reaction they are experiencing. They did something. Aren’t they the one who should pay the price for that doing?
 
Now I get it, this is a complicated subject. And, helping always seems to be a good thing to do. But let’s look at this a little deeper. What karma are you creating for yourself, by helping that other individual? This is something that few people think about. They see somebody in need of some sort of help. They see somebody in need of some sort of something. And, they step in. But, when you step in, what karma are you creating for yourself?
 
I have seen this so many times in my life, somebody does something believing that they are helping someone else, but, in essence, what they ultimately achieve is that they are doing something that enacts negativity in the life of some other person by way of them helping that individual they are trying to help. They’re not just helping their friend, their loved one, their whomever, but, as they choose to do what they do, they are doing something that branches out and affects the life of some other person, many times in some negative way. The minute anyone does that, karma is created.
 
This is just something that you need to think about as you pass through your life. We all want to help people. We particularly want to help those we like, love, care about, and all of that sort of stuff. That’s just human nature. But, if you do not study the reality that individual has created for themselves—the karma that individual has created for themselves, by you stepping in and helping them, not only do you interrupt their karmic evolution, which brings their karma onto you, but you may also create bad karma for yourself.
 
Is that individual going to be there to help you when you need help? Is that individual willing to take on your karma? Think about it.