What is a relationship? Is it confined only to your family members or close relatives? Or is it the relation you share with every individual you meet on this planet Earth?
To understand this deeply, let us take the example of a business transaction. In business, there are debtors and creditors. Debtors are those to whom you lend money, and creditors are those from whom you borrow money. At the end of the financial year, you collect your money from debtors and you pay back your creditors. Some accounts are settled within the year itself, while others are carried forward to the next year, depending on how much is received and how much remains to be paid.
In exactly the same way, relationships are karmic energetic transactions between you and the people you meet after taking birth on this planet.
Relationships as Karmic Accounts
Let me explain this step by step, beginning from your family members, extending to relatives, society, and even strangers.
Take the example of a family with a father, mother, son, and daughter. If you are the son, you are related to your father, mother, and sister in this birth. But it is not necessary that in your previous birth you were the son of these parents or the brother of this sister.
The relationships you receive in this life are the carried-forward karmic transactions from your previous lives. You are a free spirit, traveling through different births and different experiences across human evolution. In every birth, you are given opportunities to settle karmic accounts with those people who come into your life as family members, friends, relatives, or even strangers.
Have you ever met a stranger and felt as if you have known them for ages? Many people feel this mysterious familiarity. Why does this happen? Because you shared karmic connections with them in a previous birth, and in this life, you are meeting again to settle those accounts.
Cause and Effect: The Foundation of Karma
Karmic accounts operate through the principle of cause and effect. In every transaction you share with someone, one is the giver and the other is the receiver.
For example, if you provide a service to a person, you are giving a part of your energy to them in the form of that service. In return, you may receive money or recognition. That is the financial aspect. But beyond the financial, there is always an energetic exchange.
These energetic transactions form the subtle web of connections between you and others.
Energies That Shape Relationships
The different energy forms through which you relate to people begin at the level of the mind and extend to higher states.
The lower energies are: anger, guilt, shame, despair, fear, blame, and pride. These are dense, negative in nature, and they shape the conditioning of the mind. When you relate to others at this level, conflict is inevitable.
If you are operating from anger and the other person also responds with anger, there will be arguments and fights. If you express anger but the other person is rooted in fear, they will suppress themselves. Similarly, if the roles are reversed—where the other person is angry and you operate from fear—you suppress your energy.
These suppressed energies do not vanish. They remain imprinted in your subconscious and your subtle energetic body. If not resolved, they continue to travel with you from birth to birth, manifesting as repeated patterns with different individuals.
On the other hand, higher energies exist as well: love, compassion, peace, joy, bliss, gratitude, and trust. These too are in you, and you connect with others through them. When you express love, sometimes it is reciprocated, sometimes not. But still, it is an energetic transaction.
Emotional Connection and Energetic Reality
What we often call “emotional connection” with people is actually the interplay of these energies. I avoid the word emotion here because it is often misunderstood or reduced to drama. What I am pointing to goes beyond drama—it is the energetic foundation of all human interactions.
Whether you like it or not, every interaction in this world involves energetic exchange. It may be with a stranger, a shopkeeper, a driver, a teacher, a colleague, or a family member. Not all these connections last long, but all involve energy movement.
To live wisely, you must become energetically aware. Without this awareness, you get unconsciously drained.
The Law of Energy Exchange
Why does your energy feel depleted after meeting certain people?
Because of the law of energy. When a positive energy comes in contact with a negative one, the positive energy naturally flows toward the negative. In such exchanges, the negative becomes stronger while the positive gets weakened.
For example, if you are practicing meditation, yoga, or leading a peaceful life, you radiate higher energy. Meanwhile, those who live in anger, jealousy, or fear are constantly in a state of energy lack. Their dense energetic state keeps them heavy and restless, and so they crave higher energy like parasites.
Just as parasites feed on their host, people with negative energies drain those who radiate higher frequencies. This is why after spending time with certain individuals, you feel exhausted, anxious, or depressed.
Karmic Energies in Family, Society, and Work
These energetic transactions occur in every sphere of life—family, friends, relatives, society, education, and work. Your parents, spouse, children, and colleagues are all karmic connections, with accounts to be balanced.
Some relationships are meant for the long term, while others are brief encounters. But all serve the purpose of karmic settlement.
The Path of Awareness in Relationships
When I coach people about relationships, I guide them through their inner GPS—their intuitive energy compass—to identify:
- Who among their connections are meant for the long term.
- Who are short-term participants in their journey.
- How to practically handle both, without losing energy.
Awareness is the key. If you conserve your energy, you can direct it toward your growth—health, career, wealth, and spiritual evolution. But if you allow your energy to leak through constant arguments, guilt, fear, or toxic relationships, you will end up drained, frustrated, and depressed.
Karmic Relationships and the Journey of the Soul
Every relationship is an opportunity for the soul to evolve. The soul carries karmic imprints across lifetimes. A father in this life may have been a business partner in the past, a child may have been a parent, and a stranger you meet on the road may once have been your sibling.
The roles change, but the energetic accounts remain until they are settled. This is why detachment is important. Attachment binds you to repetitive karmic cycles, while awareness liberates you.
The karmic journey is not meant to imprison you but to awaken you. It shows you where your energies are stuck—whether in anger, guilt, fear, or pride—and offers you the chance to transform them into love, trust, gratitude, and compassion.
Choosing Higher Energy in Relationships
It is not always possible to avoid negative people. Family, work, and society place you in constant contact with various energies. But you can learn to protect yourself.
When you encounter anger, choose peace. When you meet fear, offer compassion. When jealousy arises, radiate trust. This is not weakness; it is wisdom. In doing so, you conserve your higher energy instead of letting it flow away unconsciously.
This does not mean allowing others to exploit you. Practical boundaries are essential. Awareness does not make you submissive; it makes you empowered. With inner clarity, you know when to walk away, when to engage, and when to simply remain silent.
Practical Wisdom for Handling Karmic Ties
- Observe the energy exchange – After every interaction, notice if you feel lighter or heavier. This tells you whether the exchange added to your energy or drained it.
- Do not suppress emotions – If anger, guilt, or fear arises, face them consciously. Suppressed energies bind you karmically.
- Strengthen your energy body – Through meditation, breathwork, and awareness practices, increase your energetic frequency.
- Detach from toxic cycles – Some karmic relationships are only meant to teach you lessons. Once the lesson is learned, release the bond instead of holding on.
- Invest in higher energies – Practice gratitude, compassion, and trust daily. These open channels for blissful relationships and reduce karmic burdens.
Beyond Karmic Transactions
At the deepest level, you are not just a debtor or creditor of energy. You are pure consciousness, beyond all karmic accounts. The purpose of karmic relationships is not to trap you in endless cycles but to bring you to this realization.
When you recognize yourself as consciousness, you begin to relate differently. Relationships become opportunities for sharing rather than draining, for radiating energy rather than clinging to it.
At that stage, karmic ties dissolve naturally, because you no longer operate from the compulsions of the mind but from the fullness of the soul.
