Karmic residue

I can FEEL that the purpose of flashbacks to former unhappy parts of this current life might be getting rid of some of my karmic residue. At first, I thought I was falling backward when this happened…

It appears that each time I make a major leap forward, and 'clear' a blockage, I will find myself thrown back into my past miseries. The first way this happens is that my mind starts working the way it used to and needs to be told - once more - 'NO! the improvement is the way that I am going to live.' The second way is as if I am reverting to a past error that has to be ingrained as an error rather than 'the past' I threw away and grew out of. It is as if I have to learn how to deal with such a problem if it recurs, now I have learned better.

Whereas once I was horrified when I found my old ways come back again, or my mind trapped in former misery; now that I can view the REASON for this, I can stay happy - I am getting rid of even more karmic residue! (The more I deal with now, the less that will be left!!)