Karmic tail 6-5-17: Pride

In this life

The person feels that the whole world owes them: people and events should, as if by magic, always turn out to their advantage. Reality does not follow, and their hopes are sometimes shattered harshly. According to the method, this is the consequence of a success once unearned and of conduct without limits. From now on, every step forward is paid for with relentless personal labor. Where others move ahead almost effortlessly, the person has to make efforts that cost a great deal. No grand home, vehicle, or prestigious circle of friends: a rather modest comfort is built little by little, almost grain by grain. And if, at some point, something arrives without having been earned, through luck or a recommendation, a humiliation follows: the very people who had favored the person put them back in their place. Possessions they did not acquire through their own work soon slip away from them.

The lesson

The method first asks the person to give up raising themselves above anyone, and even to stop all comparison. Each gain is won by oneself, with tenacity, and this applies to every area of life, each of which demands a great deal of work. The reward is precious: what has been obtained honestly and by the sweat of one’s brow no longer leaves. Success will come, but at a measured pace. Better not to hope for a dazzling triumph or sudden fame: with effort and patience, everything arrives in its own time.

Yet the person attracts situations in which their talent cannot express itself, for lack of means or backing, so that they remain overlooked or find themselves pushed aside.

The signals

• Poor self-image, complexes
• Feeling like an impostor, doubting one’s abilities
• Criticism poorly accepted, an air of superiority
• Others put down to assert one’s own superiority
• A taste for appearances and show
• Ideas that fail
• Trends followed without perspective
• Invisibility in the eyes of others
• Envy at someone else’s success
• Dreaming of quick success without effort
• Difficulty fulfilling oneself
• People judged by their appearance
• Spiritual life neglected
• A tendency to get offended easily

You stop measuring yourself against anyone, either to reassure yourself or to place yourself higher. Each area, work, money, relationships, receives its steady effort, and you accept that results arrive slowly. What is earned honestly serves as a solid foundation. You give up spectacular victories and cultivate patience, trusting that everything will come in its own time.

The steps

• Spot each comparison with others and replace it with a look at your own path
• Choose one goal in each area of life and work on it regularly
• Turn down an advantage you did not earn yourself
• Note each month what you have gained through your own effort
• Set long timelines for your ambitions