Time Cycles and Karmic Periods: The Wheel of Soul Growth

Bashar teaches that time is not just linear but cyclical, with specific periods functioning as 'karmic cycles' where themes from past lives resurface for resolution. These cycles operate at multiple scales: personal (7-year cycles reflecting cellular renewal and belief pattern turnover); generational (roughly 20-30 years, reflecting parent-child learning loops); societal (80-100 years, reflecting collective lesson themes); and planetary (2,000+ years, reflecting major consciousness shifts like the astrological ages). Bashar explains that the feeling of 'history repeating itself' is not coincidence but the manifestation of these cycles. When a similar challenge appears in your life that you faced in a past life, you are at the completion point of a karmic cycle. The opportunity is to respond differently this time—to break the pattern by choosing a higher-frequency response. He also notes that 2020-2040 is a particularly potent cycle completion period for humanity, when many ancient karmic themes (power, worthiness, separation, and control) are coming up for collective healing.