Karma, Dharma, and the Identity You Were Never Meant to Carry

Karma is how I see myself.
Dharma is how God sees me.

In my limited perception of reality, I often define myself through roles and situations. I see myself as someone’s daughter or son. I see myself as successful or unsuccessful. I see myself as a people pleaser, a victim, or someone trying to survive circumstances.

This is how I see myself.
And this way of seeing creates layers of identity that are not real.

Over time, I become deeply attached to these layers. That attachment creates karmic impressions. These impressions do not dissolve easily. They travel with me, from one incarnation to another, because I continue to identify with them.

This is karma.

But God does not see me through these layers.

God sees me in my highest form.

That highest form is my Dharma.

My highest form is not a role or a label.
My highest form is love.
My highest form is bliss.
My highest form is wisdom.
My highest form is truth.
My highest form is power.

Yet what do I do?

I seek these qualities outside myself.
I look for love in people.
I look for wisdom in validation.
I look for power in control.
I look for bliss in achievements.

I forget that I am what I am seeking.

The moment I forget this, I move away from Dharma and fall deeper into karma.

Krishna explains this clearly in the Bhagavad Gita.

In Chapter 2, Verse 47, he says:

“You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction.”

When I presume myself to be the doer, I automatically enter the cycle of cause and effect. I bind myself to outcomes. I bind myself to success and failure. This is how karmic cycles continue.

Krishna then reveals a deeper truth in Chapter 10, Verse 20:

“I am the Self, seated in the hearts of all creatures.”

Here, Krishna is pointing to the real “I.”
Not the identity I perform.
Not the personality I protect.
But the universal Self that lives within all beings.

This understanding did not come to me through intellect alone. It came to me through meditation, inner listening, and guidance from my spirit guides.

The message was simple and clear:

Sacrifice the “I” to the Supreme, and you are free.

Freedom does not come from changing the world outside.
Freedom comes from dissolving the false sense of doership inside.

So how do I do this in daily life?

I do it through constant awareness.
I do it through affirmation.
I do it through meditation.
I do it through energy work.

Each practice helps me release false identities. Each practice brings me closer to my highest alignment. Slowly, karmic impressions dissolve, not because I fight them, but because I no longer feed them with identification.

This is the path from karma to Dharma.

And this path is available to you too—exactly where you are, exactly as you are.