Reply #78: My .02

[cassiepriam]

First, I have not seen any literature that links intelligence and ability to go into trance. It is possible that you are more able to go into trance than you realize, you might want to start meditating.

Second, if you feel much better on the antidepressant medication why go off of it? We are not meant to suffer needlessly in this life. Clinical depression is most usually due to a chemical imbalance in the brain, the SSRIs just give you the serotonin that your brain cannot make on your own. It is not addictive, it is like insulin for a diabetic. We do not say that diabetics are bad for taking insulin, why should we say that depressed people are bad for taking their meds?

I do not think we get extra karmic points for suffering needlessly, if there is a cure for what ails us, we are meant to take advantage of that.

That said, if you have psych issues related to your divorce, please get into therapy to work it out.

The best way to release negative karma is to learn the lessons we are meant to learn. We all all human, and make many mistakes in this life. That is why we are here, to learn and grow, and experience a wide variety of situations and feelings. The bottom line is do we learn from our errors? Do we evolve and face the problems with courage, integrity, wisdom?

If you need to get into therapy and take medication then do it, and if you have guilt about the marriage find out what you may have done wrong and work on it the best you can.

We when learn what we are meant to learn, then the karma is released and need not follow us into the next life.