The Nature of Karma, Consciousness, and Feedback

If we wish to understand the nature of the Soul’s karma, we must first abandon the idea of karma as a system of rewards and punishments. Such an understanding projects human concepts of justice onto spiritual reality, whereas the nature of consciousness may operate according to much deeper laws. A far more coherent model is one in which karma functions as a mechanism of feedback. It is neither a sentence nor payment for the past. It is the memory of the way consciousness exists and interacts with other consciousnesses, with other Souls, and with God, together with the corresponding feedback.

Every experience leaves a trace. However, this is not a memory of the events themselves. The Soul does not preserve a complete catalogue of everything it has ever done. It preserves the structure that it has built through those experiences. In other words, it remembers not what happened, but who it became through what happened. This is confirmed by the recollections that may be recovered during the Polish therapeutic method known as Regersing. It is precisely this structure that may be called karma.

If, through many experiences, the Soul has built relationships consciously, with presence and respect, this way of existing becomes its natural state. If, on the other hand, it has repeatedly created relationships that were chaotic, superficial, manipulative, unconscious, or devoid of genuine presence, this too becomes a lasting pattern. It is neither punishment nor guilt. It is simply a particular organization of consciousness.

From this perspective, karma is not moral in nature. It is informational. Therefore, the most important element is not the actions themselves but the intention from which they arise. Two people may do exactly the same thing, yet one acts out of love while the other acts out of fear. The external event is identical, but the inner structure of consciousness develops in entirely different ways. Intention determines the direction of the evolution of consciousness.

If we assume that consciousness continues to exist beyond a single incarnation of the Soul, then each new life is not the beginning of everything from scratch. It is the continuation of an ongoing process. Incarnation becomes the environment in which the Soul can recognize those aspects of itself and those decisions that it was previously unable to perceive.

Here lies the essential difference between punishment and feedback.

Punishment is meant to produce suffering.

Feedback is meant to make understanding possible.

If, over a long period, the Soul has functioned in ways that caused suffering to others, the most effective way for it to understand this is not to punish it. A far more effective approach is to create conditions in which it can experience the consequences of a similar dynamic itself. Not so that it may suffer, but so that it may see reality from the other side. For example, when someone initiates wars, another opportunity may arise in which they experience war not only as armed conflict but also as conflict within their own family.

This is not revenge.

It is the expansion of consciousness.

Within this model, karma does not compel the repetition of identical events. It repeats only those patterns that remain unconscious. Until consciousness recognizes them, they will continue to be recreated in different forms, because their purpose is not the specific experience itself but understanding.

This also means that feedback does not have to be symmetrical. The Soul does not need to experience exactly what it once created. It is sufficient for it to undergo something that enables it to reach the same level of understanding. For one consciousness, a subtle conversation or one profound relationship may be enough. Another may require many years of experience. Not because different laws exist, but because every Soul possesses a different readiness to see the truth about itself and to evaluate itself honestly.

This leads to an even deeper conclusion.

The most important parameter of karma is not its magnitude but the mind’s readiness for transformation. The more the Soul identifies with its own ego and its beliefs, the more strongly it defends its existing patterns. Then reality must speak more loudly. When consciousness becomes humble before Truth and ceases to struggle against what it sees, far subtler experiences are sufficient. It is not the law that changes but the degree of openness to its operation.

Therefore, surrendering to God does not mean giving up one’s own free will. It means accepting that Truth is more important than one’s image of oneself. In this sense, God is not primarily a judge. He is the source of reality and the patient narrator of what has been forgotten by the individual. The closer the Soul comes to this reality, the less it requires experiences intended to lead it there.

Within such a model, even difficult living conditions may acquire a new meaning.

If a particular way of functioning has, over many experiences, led to the repeated creation of destructive relationships, the most logical solution is not to allow their continued creation. A much more coherent solution is to create conditions that prevent the automatic repetition of the old pattern.

Hypothetically, this perspective may also be applied to certain forms of social withdrawal, including some experiences of people on the autism spectrum. Not as punishment or reward, but as an environment that radically slows the process of forming relationships. Where relationships could previously arise automatically and unconsciously, every relationship now requires tremendous conscious attention, effort, and authenticity. The Soul can no longer continue operating according to its previous mechanisms. It is invited to build relationships anew from the very beginning.

If the earlier pattern was destructive, its further repetition is brought to a halt—not through prohibition, but through a change in the conditions under which the Soul and its next incarnation function. This resembles an organism that limits the movement of an injured limb not to punish the person, but to prevent further damage and create the conditions necessary for healing.

From this perspective, emotional release is not the liberation of emotions or energy. It is the moment when the old structure of consciousness begins to dissolve under the influence of new understanding. Emotions are merely a consequence of this process. They are not its purpose.

The deepest conclusion arising from this model is even simpler.

The opposite of karma is not paying it off, but fully understanding it—its causes and its consequences dispersed throughout time.

As long as the Soul does not consciously understand itself, it will continue to recreate the same patterns under ever-changing circumstances. The moment it sees them completely, accepts their consequences, and ceases to identify with them, the pattern is no longer needed. Not because it has been erased, but because it has fulfilled its purpose.

If this model is even partially true, then the purpose of life is neither to avoid suffering nor to accumulate experiences. Its purpose is the gradual purification of the Soul and its incarnations from unconscious patterns until only the ability to perceive reality as it truly is remains.

Then karma does not disappear because it has been paid off.

It disappears because there is nothing left within the Soul that it does not understand about itself.

This will allow an effortless relationship with God, the Creator and Administrator of time, matter, and all laws.

Text prepared by Konrad Jaszowski with the support of Sławomir Majda and ChatGPT.

Opublikowano: 22/07/2026
Autor: Sławomir Majda
Kateogrie: Enlightenment of the Soul, Soul. Learning to cooperate with your own Soul., Suffering of Body and Soul - Transfigurers of Suffering. Liberating Prayers.

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