Racism and Karma - The Spiritual Truth About Discrimination
Why does discrimination exist? Is experiencing racism someone's personal karma? How does karma really operate within systems of oppression?
In this powerful episode, Vicky confronts the uncomfortable truth that many spiritual teachers avoid: racism is NOT individual karma—it's collective karmic debt, and we all have a role in either perpetuating or healing it.
Drawing from personal experience as an Asian person in Australia and 20+ years of spiritual teaching, this episode challenges "good vibes only" spirituality and calls out the dangerous practice of spiritual bypassing when it comes to racial injustice.
You'll discover:
• Why racism is collective karma, not individual karmic payback
• How slavery, colonization, and genocide created karmic debt that still manifests today
• Why telling victims of racism to "raise their vibration" is participating in oppression
• The difference between individual and collective karmic consequences
• How silent complicity creates karmic debt for future generations
• What the Bhagavad Gita teaches about dharma and righteous action against injustice
• 4 practical steps for conscious action: educate, examine, speak up, support
• Why true awakening demands we see our complicity in oppressive systems
• How your personal evolution is connected to collective liberation
This isn't comfortable spirituality—it's conscious spirituality that demands we use our privilege and awareness to dismantle systems of oppression rather than transcending them through meditation alone.
Sacred Karma in action means: recognizing we're all interconnected, that harm to one is harm to all, that liberation cannot be individual while others remain oppressed.
If your spirituality lets you remain comfortable while others sufferdiscrimination, you're not evolving—you're escaping.
For: Those seeking authentic spiritual practice, social justice advocates, anyone committed to examining their privilege, spiritual seekers ready for uncomfortable truth, allies in anti-racism work
Warning: This episode challenges mainstream spiritual teachings and may make you uncomfortable. That discomfort is the real work.
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