Bad Karma And Lrbp? Options

I wonder if anyone could help me to understand this: for most of my life I have been interested in spiritual advancement and exploration which eventually lead me to attempting to follow the Golden Dawn studies for Neophytes about three years ago. One day as i was in the expanding my aura in the Middle Pillar I suddenly felt as though a dark area (corresponding to a location in a part of my back physically) kind of ruptured, I know that sounds crazy but I'm kind of psychic and sometimes pick up on odd things, and the next day I received a massive dose of what I can only describe as "bad karma" which was so traumatic it brought my life to a hold, not just my studies.
I felt almost as though I was being warned off from my explorations.
Recently though, I got my life back on track, I thought maybe I was a little paranoid interpreting the experience as a warning and decided to resume my studies, I performed LRBP once as a warm up and it didn't just feel good it was blissful, though I did feel I had once again found the "dark area". Within two days, again i had an extremely bad experience in my life.
I assure you my intentions have been as pure as I can consciously guarentee as regards my reasons for pursuing this path, so is this:
A warning?
Just a purification of my aura and the bad experiences are essential for my spiritual evolution?
A coincidence?
Anyone any similar experiences? Any Advice?

There is generally no such thing as good karma - all karma is bad, what we call 'good karma' is just the natural state of life, happy and blissful. It's a good thing to know, to better understand that a fortunate life is the natural life to have, and it is the way that life is, when we are giving in to it and living in line with our will; it also puts karma into the proper perspective.

Working through this karma is a really good thing, so I wouldn't say you're being warned away, but it's possible you're being tested, if you want to see it that way. In order to strengthen and develop, the astral body must release the 'bad' energy, and that purification process is what we perceive as karma.

So, face it with a smile, and know that afterwards, you'll be that much lighter, that much higher in your development.

peace, and congratulations!