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Is Karma Real? (1 Viewer)

Do you believe in karma?

  • Yes/Probably

    Votes: 25 42.4%

  • No/Never

    Votes: 34 57.6%
  • Total voters
    59
Max Power

Max Power

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I've been dong the "right thing" for a long time now with the expectation of karma making it right.  So far it's been a failure.  I want to hear what others think on the the idea of "karma".  Right now I feel like its bull s....

 
Max Power said:
I've been dong the "right thing" for a long time now with the expectation of karma making it right.  So far it's been a failure.  I want to hear what others think on the the idea of "karma".  Right now I feel like its bull s....
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I have no idea if karma is real, but you have the idea all wrong if you think it is going to pay you back in this life. 

 
I think that quite often good things happen to good people and the opposite is true but it's not due to karma. It's by your own making.

 
Ilov80s said:
I have no idea if karma is real, but you have the idea all wrong if you think it is going to pay you back in this life. 
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go on... I've always equated it to treat others how you'd want to be treated.  I've make several breaks/opportunities for others and hope a day will come will someone will do the same for me...

 
Also I think a lot of this is perspective. Some things are clearly good or bad, but most things are in a gray area. 

 
Max Power said:
go on... I've always equated it to treat others how you'd want to be treated.  I've make several breaks/opportunities for others and hope a day will come will someone will do the same for me...
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It's an Asian religious/philosophical idea that good deeds will have a positive effect on future lives. Good or bad things happening to you now were earned through your previous lives.

 
It's very Western of us to rush karma into this idea of expecting near immediate payback for our deeds. 

 
Ilov80s said:
It's an Asian religious/philosophical idea that good deeds will have a positive effect on future lives. Good or bad things happening to you now were earned through your previous lives.
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Like in Defending Your Life with Albert Brooks . Underrated movie.

 
Brony said:
yes, but I don't think it's any different than statistics at work. 
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My mother was a bookeeper, an outgrowth of the fact that she has kept tabs - a hallmark of Irish grudgery ("You're in me book") - on everybody she ever met and, most especially & asiduously, on her Purgatory points.

Somehow, the Papal sale of indulgences which motivated Luther to start the Reformation got integrated into Irish Catholic mythology next to confession/communion erasures of guilt and most Irish ladies used to be able to precisely tell you the sum total of their sentence in Heaven's holding cell. Me ma will most assuredly point to her log several times in her argument with St Peter @ the gates.

 
No. And there are all sorts of historical examples of genocide or mass/murder in which the person ultimately responsible never paid the price in this lifetime (best most recent example is Josef Stalin who killed no less than 10 million of the Russian people, with some estimates as high as 40 million).

 
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i am a karma man myself i think you need to be good to others and that it is good for you soul to be so bam that is one of the many stops on the path of the brohan know it live it love it take that to the bank brochacho 

 
Max Power said:
go on... I've always equated it to treat others how you'd want to be treated.  I've make several breaks/opportunities for others and hope a day will come will someone will do the same for me...
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You're looking for karma from the outside.

It comes from within.

It comes from the knowledge that you try to do the right thing. From knowing you don't purposely hurt others. That you don't steal, etc.

When I have a negative interaction or I've done something wrong, I feel bad about it. When I do something good, I feel good about it. 

If all you're doing is nice things, you should feel pretty darn good about yourself. Which is no small thing.

That's the way I look at it anyway.

 
"Karma" isn't real.  However, I would argue that doing the right thing helps you from a few perspectives.

  1. Reputation.  If you're known as an #####, people aren't going to go out of the way to help you and may even go out of their way to impede you.  Conversely if you're known as a helpful kind person it can effect your interactions in a positive way.
  2. Attitude.  I believe a positive outlook is important on how you perceive obstacles.  If you have a positive helpful attitude it helps you see issues and obstacles with a better perspective and you're able to adapt and overcome them easier.
  3. Socially.  The more often you "do the wrong thing" the more likely you are to do it in the future.  This can escalate over time to have more serious social or even criminal consequences.
 
Yes but in an imperfect way. Crappy things can happen to the best people and great things can happen to the worst people but basically if you're an #######, life has a way of directing that behavior back to you. The problem is most #######s don't know that they're #######s. Most people have zero self-awareness so they can't even see how their behavior affects their lives.

 
Just another religious control tool, it would be nice if it were real... but like Ilov80s said above, you only reap your karmic benefits/debts in your next life, so you better believe in reincarnation also.

 
I think so. I've always held the thought whatever your afterlife ideas are, is it really a bad thing to do good? If you believe in reincarnation you reap the benefits next life. If you don't believe in "God", then god isn't going to turn someone away whose done a lifetime of good because they may believe in a different religion...At least not any one I would want to associate with. Seems petty.

 
Max Power said:
I've been dong the "right thing" for a long time now with the expectation of karma making it right.  So far it's been a failure.  I want to hear what others think on the the idea of "karma".  Right now I feel like its bull s....
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You seem to think that "doing the right thing" and "looking out for your own best interests" are opposites. They're not.

Take care of yourself. Do it without deliberately hurting others, but take care of yourself.

 
Max Power said:
I've been dong the "right thing" for a long time now with the expectation of karma making it right.  So far it's been a failure.  I want to hear what others think on the the idea of "karma".  Right now I feel like its bull s....
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:no:

 
Sometimes good #### happens to good people

Sometimes good #### happens to bad people

Sometimes bad #### happens to good people

Sometimes bad #### happens to bad people

Bottom line...#### happens, no karma.

 
I believe in karma and the metaphoric "karmic lightning bolt".   With that being said--I also feel like good luck (good or bad)  is more than coincidental.  We all have control over putting ourselves in positions to have good or bad luck.  These beliefs have always incentivized me to try to be as nice as possible and to always work to put myself in positions to succeed-- so I will continue to roll with them.  

 
I joke about it probably more than I actually believe in it (uh oh....I mean I am just kidding....I believe).   Basically if you go around with a positive attitude and treat people well it seems that will go a long way to being treated well yourself and giving people a reason to want to try and help you when they can. 

Plus, if you don't believe in it and it is real you are screwed.  Better be on the safe side just in case.

 
jvdesigns2002 said:
I believe in karma and the metaphoric "karmic lightning bolt".   With that being said--I also feel like good luck (good or bad)  is more than coincidental.  We all have control over putting ourselves in positions to have good or bad luck.  These beliefs have always incentivized me to try to be as nice as possible and to always work to put myself in positions to succeed-- so I will continue to roll with them.  
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If that is the case, it is no longer "luck" you are talking about.

 
i am a partial believer, maybe not in the true sense but doing good things makes you feel good and that gets encoded into cells and those have lasting impacts on you.  The key is you have to do good things for the right reasons

 
Oh, and if you're doing the "right thing" and it's significantly contrary to your self interest, stop now....you're not being a martyr, you're just being stupid.

 
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