How does karma affect love relationships?
Some people’s karma is “fixed,” and no matter how much they try, they’re stuck with it. On the other hand, some karma is “flexible”, and if people exercise sufficient free will in performing right actions, they can rise above it. For example, in relationships, one person’s karma may be for long-term marital bliss, while a second person’s karma may be for a series of loveless affairs. If both circumstances arise from “fixed” karma, where the intensity of their past-life is powerful, pleasurable or painful scenarios may be destined to play out, no matter what the person does. One remains happily married, the other unhappily single. In a third situation, however, the person’s “unfixed” karma may promise both a love relationship and multiple partners. For example, one could enjoy the love of one’s life, and then screw it up by having affairs with other partners. Conversely, one could overcome a sex addiction and find happiness in a monogamous relationship. With this kind of karma, the pers