Did you know that we are far more connected than you might have realized? We made these connections before we even came into this life. This happened on a soul level, and everything that happens throughout our lives is arranged during this time in the “in-between.” These connections are called our soul family. Today we are going to take an interesting look at how our soul family works to our benefit, even when it doesn’t seem like it at the moment. 

Soul Families Explained

Everyone is aware of the concept of family. Even if you do not have an actual biological family that you grew up with, you will have a close-knit group of people who have played a part in raising you and instilling those morals and values that have made you who you are today. Family can even extend to your friends. Some people find a closer connection to their friends than those they were born to or were raised by. There is no right or wrong definition of family, provided it comes from a place of love. 

When it comes to soul families, this is (as the name suggests) on a soul level. We are not limited to our physical family. If you are reading this, you are most likely part of the QHHT soul family. We consist of lovers of everything spiritual. All the weird conversations you want to have that some of your friends don’t understand are completely accepted here. This is the point of a soul family. They may not be blood relatives, but they are members of your family on a soul level. 

Julia Cannon like to refer to your soul family as your tribe. They are your people, and they understand you as if they grew up with you as biological siblings. When you meet a member of your soul family in this physical plain (once you have reincarnated on Earth) it’s as if you have known them all along. You have this instantaneous connection where conversation and energy exchange flows so easily. There is a strange, yet wonderful, feeling of familiarity between you. 

Soul Families Provide Lessons

If you are a frequent visitor to our live chats, or read these articles often enough, you might already know that there is no such thing as coincidences. Nothing happens by chance, it is all pre-designed by ourselves, our spirit guides, and our soul family. Before we come to this life, we make arrangements with other our soul family that we will play certain roles in each other’s lives. This is for the purpose of experiencing everything there is to experience as a human being. One member of your soul family might be your mother in this life, and another might be your best friend, or possibly even your least favorite person. Each relationship is designed in a certain way to provide lessons in life. 

Let’s say you and your mother do not have the best of child-parent relationships. Many people wonder to themselves, “Why me? Why my parents?” Sure, this can seem consuming at the time. But, it is important to note that you and your mother chose that type of relationship before you came into this life. It was designed in a certain way so that your mother would learn the hardships of a bad relationship with their child. On the other side of the coin, you would learn similar lessons, but as a child who has an overbearing, or distant parent. 

The same goes for friendships. Let’s say you have a best friend, but that ended with a terrible falling out. The purpose was to provide a lesson for yourself, and your best friend with life lessons. It is all part of the experience, you see. 

We Come Back to the Same Soul Family

The familiarity we spoke of is also not without reason. We feel like we have known some people for eons, and not just in the number of years we have known them during this life. This is because you have known them for eons. You have traveled through the universe living many lives together. Some have joined your family at later stages, but many have reincarnated with you into each life. With each reincarnation, you exchange roles. So, you might have been your best friend’s father in one life, or possibly their lover in another. 

This happens so we might get the most out of our experiences. One cannot say they have experienced it all until you have shared multiple kinds of relationships with our soul family. Some of these connections might not be as pleasant as you would hope they would be. But, that is the point. Not every experience is light and fluffy as the most growth we grow through comes from the painful ones. These require us to step out of our comfort zone. Some members of your soul family might inspire you to take a big leap of faith in terms of your career, others might trigger a downpour of negative emotions. Either way, they are just as crucial to your personal growth.

5D reality

When it comes to the fifth dimension, some people assume it will be an entirely different world. That may be the case, but not in the physical sense that goes through many of our minds. The first three dimensions make up length, width, and depth. This creates the physical side of our world, which we have learned to perceive. Then, we get the fourth dimension, which is time. This is a physical construct and not something we can actually see unless observed over a certain period. 

The next dimension in our consciousness evolution is the fifth dimension. This is where our vibrations and frequencies reside. The place where energies can transform with just a thought, allowing us to manifest what we want into our reality. This dimension moves fluently, without any stagnant energy. It is like an ever-flowing river of possibility and love. 

This is where karma comes into play. Karma, in a nutshell, is unresolved energy, or lessons we have refused to learn. We all have a choice to let go of karma, whether we realize it or not. The more conscious you become of this, the easier it is to let things go. You cannot move into the fifth dimension unless you learn to release your karma. If you don’t, you will keep repeating the same experiences within your life and possibly in your next one too. This pattern will keep repeating itself until you eventually learn the lesson. 

Soul contracts – why do we have them?

The term “soul contracts” might be new to you. If this is the case, let’s tuck right into the explanation. We each have multiple relationships in our lives, and they come in many different forms, with various dynamics. We have mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, siblings, best friends, bad friends, and enemies, and don’t forget that stranger who taught you a valuable lesson just by overhearing what they said as they pass you by. 

Before we incarnate here on earth, we make arrangements for the life we are about to live. Everything that happens is intricately planned out. Down to the last detail, including every interaction and experience, the good and the bad. It is a good time to remind you all, that trauma is essential for our transformation. This brings to mind the phrase, through the pain we grow. It could not ring with more truth. Think back to a time when someone did you wrong, and left you gasping for air, figuratively. Take stock of everything you went through from then, until now. Most likely, you are in a better position. Even if that just means you are more aware of your boundaries and assertive enough to instill them. 

Breaking free of Karma

We transform through trauma, but only if are able to let it go. By doing so, you are setting yourself free, and breaking the chains of the karmic wheel. Let’s say you had a spouse who set you on a path of destruction due to their narcissistic tendencies. We have all been there in some way or the other. But, what would you say if you were told that you were meant to go through that pain in order to become the person you are today, and are still going to become? Every experience is carving you into your greatest potential. 

So, knowing this should make it easier to release your traumas, past relationships, or whatever it is that you are holding onto. Our egos like to hold onto our pain, wearing it as if it is a badge of endurance to be proud of. But, how do we coax our ego into letting go? 

One of the best methods for releasing karma is through gratitude. Being grateful is one of the highest vibrations to be at and a sure way to start releasing karma. To begin, it’s important to reflect on any negative experiences or interactions that you are holding onto. Instead of dwelling on these events, focus on the lessons learned and the ways in which they have helped you grow. Expressing gratitude for these experiences can help shift your perspective and release any negative karma that may be attached to them.

So, if you see a picture of your ex, send them love energetically. If you see your enemy who did you wrong living their best life on a beach in Bali, send them love. Appreciate the experience you had together, even if that feeling is not reciprocated.

What is Karma?

One thing to understand is that karma is not a form of punishment or reward. But, rather a natural law of cause and effect that the universe lives by. In other words, every action or thought creates a ripple effect that is sent out into the higher dimensions, tying itself onto the individual, and any others involved. This ripple effect, or built-up karma, can be positive or negative depending on the intention behind the action or thought. Julia likes to describe karma as a balancing of energies. So, if you were to extend energy out in one direction, it has to balance out in some way. If you have gathered negative karma, it needs to be paid back positively.

Karma operates on a multidimensional level. Which means it is far greater than the physical realm of human beings. Every soul, or individual human, has a karmic record. Just like how the metaverse gathers information about us, our karmic record gathers all the thoughts, actions, and intentions that we have experienced throughout our many lives. According to the theory we at QHHT favor, it influences the soul’s next reincarnation and determines the lessons that the soul needs to learn in order to pay back the karma owed. 

Paying Back Karma

Let’s say you and your soul family made a certain arrangement to play a specific role in each other’s lives. If you acted with any negativity toward that person, that is karma building up. This might be because the person lives by a certain set of moral codes that contradicts our own. Maybe their sexual orientation is different from yours, or maybe their culture and ethnicity is something you do not understand. Either way, if you were judgemental towards that person you built up some Karma. In this case, do not be surprised if you reincarnate as this person in your next life. The karma has to be paid back.

The universe works in mysterious ways, and we only work this out once we come out of each life we have lived. We finally remember the place we came from and the reason we chose each life we have lived. With this in mind, it reminds us that there are many different ways that karma can be paid back. Maybe you will reincarnate into a life where you end up serving the soul that you wronged in this life. This isn’t to say that you will be a slave to this person, or group. But, you might come back to support them, be there for them, and support them in their endeavors. 

The Devil Did Not Make You Do it

Sometimes it’s easier for people to think that some external force is making them do things that negatively affect others. This is because we are inherently good beings of light. However, we forget this higher dimensional part of ourselves as we come into this life and as we commit negative actions against others we do not want to see ourselves in a bad light. 

However, there is an empowering factor in realizing it was you that did it. Not because you can punish yourself for all the negativity you caused. But, if you can do all those bad things, that means you are capable of doing the opposite. Each of us holds so much power within our grasp, which means we can provide just as much positivity as we have in negativity. This is where self-empowerment comes in. Without this realization, we might just continue down this path of self-destruction.

How Is Karma Fair When it Comes to Children?

Many people wonder how karma is fair when it comes to the global struggles we read about in the news. With war on the strife and famine still wreaking havoc in many countries of the world, how can the concept of karma be justified when there are children suffering? Surely they are innocent? Well, they may be innocent in this life, but what about the endless amount of lives they may have lived?

Remember, this is not the first life they have lived, just as it wasn’t your first life when you were a child. To reincarnate here on earth as a human, you had to be a highly evolved soul, which means each child is not just a child. They have lived countless lives. In Julia’s words: “They are not baby souls. They are grown-up souls in little baby bodies”. 

You might see them as a baby, and your empathetic side is triggered when seeing such a being targeted by negativity when they are in such a defenseless state of life. But, they have earned their place in the universe, just as you did.

Karma is not the easiest thing to work out. Especially because we come back in each life to pay it back in ways that are confusing to our human minds. We have made a quiz for you that may help you work out whether or not you have gathered any karma in previous lives that you might be paying back in this life. Answer the questions honestly and find out why your life path might seem so turbulent.