[Olphander]

i've had my own experiences with drugs and addiction. when talking about karma it's important to understand there are more than just that working in our lives.

with your brother and the situation of staying away from you may be more than one thing. it may be syncronicity, or your energy or vibes as you say. these may be the gentle ploddings of his own higher self trying to get him to straiten out. you two did not become siblings out of shear chance, most of the information i read states pretty clearly that we pretty much choose the circomstances in our lives that come about or we are born into. he and you choose to be siblings for whatever reason. think on this in love.

it also seems the themes of addiction keep popping up in your life as well, that may be karmicly inspired as well. are the ways your dealing with the addictions of others love filled or selfish? i'm not saying this to expose your motives, only to help you realize there may be more than one bit of karma working here. think on this in love of yourself. when dealing with any one who has hurt or wrongs you the loving option is to love them but reject their selfish service to self behaviors. you don't have to allow them to harm or hurt you when you love them, you love them at a safe distance. it sounds as if you've put up some good boundaries with your brother and being stead fast in this will be of great help to him.

the thing to understand about addiction is that it's the original school of hard knocks. it's an accelerated school that is very hard and has a high rate of dropout. there are so many themes and things exposed in those situations that it's far too much to put in a single post. as they say, the path of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

karma's little cousin is cause and effect, so yes if you do drugs your going to fall into everything that life style entails and suffer every consequence. your body will break down, your friends will leave you and your new friends will just use and abuse you. bad things will happen to you on a regular basis so in that karma is being played on on some small scale as if to warn you compassionately that greater karma will be required to balance this out should you continue.


and in closing i will say this. if anything i've said does not resonate with you, please reject it and move on. i am hardly an expert on this subject, only a humble servant, if i can even be called that. i can only speak from what little experience and knowledge i have and thats not to say i have much at all. love and peace! i will be praying for you and your family.

errol