Is There a Karmic Debt for Answered Prayers?

 

Q:      I recall you saying once that in asking for something through prayer, and the person receives some assistance or whatever as a result of the prayer, there is also a karmic debit there. Can that be a consideration in—

 

RK:    Yes. The only one that does not have some karmic debt involved is the prayer for protection against influence against negative entities.

 

Q:      Is that an important consideration? Should a person wait before “going down a third time” before hollering for help?

 

RK:    When you are in a life or death type situation you should get your call out as soon as possible. You might have to save somebody on later in your life—

 

Q:      That does not occur very often—

 

RK:    No, it does not. To say, “I would rather drown than get some negative karma,” that is not good thinking.

 

Q:      … to get that like could be very pleasant.

 

RK:    Yes. Right. You might be wet, but—

 

Q:      What about instances like when Dr. White when he said, “Why have you been struggling and struggling and not been praying for help? You have forgotten us” I get confused about this sometimes because I am also under the impression that we should try to do everything possible for ourselves before we turn to the Higher Beings. So, I will go along and struggle and struggle until I am wiped out before I finally ask for help.

 

RK:    Help might come as a clue.

 

Q:      Do I have to pay karma for that clue?

 

RK:    Maybe. Just a little bit.

 

Q:      So maybe if we—is it necessary to wear ourselves out so long before—apparently, Dr. White wondered why you didn’t ask for help sooner.

 

RK:    Yes, because I was spirally down into more and more negative thinking. I could not get out of my negative thoughts. I had lost my business. This was not going right and that was not going right and things were not progressing. I was not learning what I thought I should learn.

 

Q:      Were you married then?

 

RK:    Yes. I was married to Dorothy.

 

Q:      So maybe we should ask for help sooner than we do sometimes?

 

RK:    Remember that it is available and people really do want to help from the Higher Levels.

 

Q:      And not worry about the karma involved in that?

 

RK:    Right.

 

Q:      I don’t think it is ??? right that we don’t really … sometimes

 

RK:    Well, that could be another thing, too. That leads to a whole series of compulsive down-spirals to think I am not worth, I am not worthy. Then you start to feeling that you should be punished and you start punishing yourself pretty quick.

 

Q:      Could you say the Lord’s Prayer; everyday you sort of include that Prayer of Protection?

 

RK:    Yes, that is true. But, we still have the right for a personal decision to think in a direction that we want to think in, if we want to pursue the negative to its ultimate conclusion you are allowed to do that. It takes a long time to work your way back up the spiral again.

 

Q:      I just wanted to remind that Christ himself bade us to pray the Lord’s Prayer every day.

 

RK:    He did, indeed.

 

Q:      So by praying, we are giving the Higher Beings permission to interfere?

 

RK:    Yes. Right. You may deserve a lot worse than what we are getting. We can never be sure what Their interference may be. They might pull out another plug that was just barely propping you up because it is now time for you to go through something that you did to somebody else at another time. But, think normally in the direction of, “I need help.” Sometimes it is nice to literally talk to Higher Beings because you can work out some of your problems. When you can sort out what the questions should be the answer is a lot easier coming and understand and therefore accept it easier. I am talking about the positive directions that you should go. So, They do want to help. There is a limit as to how much They can help. But, They can usually do something. If nothing else, have you tune into the right radio or television program or come across the right book or something to lift you out of whatever your situation it gives you hope to move forward.

 

Q:      You mean you can help to give thanks since you cannot be sure who took your case on?

 

RK:    I would not worry about it. I would thank God. It will get around who is supposed to get it. That really is about all They can work for is your thanks. They appreciate the fact that you understand that you were helped and you were appreciative of what They did. That is all we can do for Them. We cannot give them gold or silver or money or power. That is not a thing that They need or want.

 

Q:      Well, how do we know what They did and what you did? How do you separate it?

 

RK:    You do not. But, you know, you can worry yourself over what was this and what was that to the point that you are inoperative. It is like the centipede who was asked, by one of the other insects, “How do you know of all of those feet which one to move first?” Then he started thinking about it then he could not move.

 

Q:      Is it a good idea to make the request as specific as possible? What I was thinking about was that if you make it as clear in your own mind what you need or, at least what you think you need, perhaps that process is a good psychological move?

 

RK:    It is. It is not always the right thing to do. Because, as you said, you might think that is what you need, but at least it gets you to the point where—a jumping off spot—They lead you in a different by way of things They bring into your environment so that you can see different alternatives.

 

 

 

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