Personally I don't.
But I do find the subject interesting my wife swears by it.
If anybody has any incidents where they believe karma played a role in its outcome
And are prepared to share it mite make for an interesting topic.?

Nope. Simply and short.

Nope. If it existed I'd know a lot more good people winning lotteries and crappy people falling off of cliffs

Nope.

It's a nice concept.

But it is no substitute for a Banned Clients list.



WC

Karma is action, not repercussion.

Karma does not mean if you do something good or bad that something good or bad will be done to you, it means that if you do something good or bad it is easier to do more good or bad things.

When you steal the first time you are nervous and clumsy. When you steal the 100th time, it has become a natural action and you do it without pause. The same with smoking, the first few cigarettes turn you green and you cough and feel a bit sick. The 1000th cigarette is smooth and delicious.

Likewise when you part with your time or money for a charitable cause, you might hesitate a bit and think about the good that money or time would do for you. But the 100th time you engage in a charitable action, it's second nature, and it just feels right.

"Karma means action, work or deed; it also refers to the principle of causality where intent and actions of an individual influence the future of that individual."

No.
Life is a bowl of chocolates.
Some good people.....fall off cliffs.
Just the way it is.

I like to use it as a comedic device when good or bad things happen to other people, or equally myself, but otherwise nope.

Murphy, I think you need to stop chucking bowls of chocolates from tall places...

Nope.

Yes, intent and actions influence the future of the individual, but not from external sources. Karma begins and ends in the individual. At least in the classical sense.

When you build up bad Karma, for example, it means you are likely to do more bad things.

My last quote was from 'Wikipedia'.

This one is from 'Websters Dictionary.';


"kar·ma
noun \ˈkär-mə also ˈkər-\

: the force created by a person's actions that is believed in Hinduism and Buddhism to determine what that person's next life will be like

: the force created by a person's actions that some people believe causes good or bad things to happen to that person"



Causes bad things to "Happen".
Not causes you to "Do" bad things.

You can't blame what you "Do", on Karma.
Sorry

There comes a time when one much accept responsibility for ones actions.
If you "do" evil things, it brings on bad Karma.
Bad Karma does not make one "do" evil things.

I think you have it backwards

Nope.
The universe does not care about you one little bit in any way.

Karma does not make people do good or bad things, it makes it easier for people to do good or bad things.

If you read the Bhagavad Gita and study the conversation between Krishna and Arjuna, and see how Karma works and how it is to be avoided, it will make more sense.

The modern interpretation of Karma as being a repercussion for actions taken is just that, a modern interpretation.

I think we need to recruit some young enthusiastic members
Were a bunch of old cynics. (or realists) LoL

Or, we could go with the Dogbert version:

That's a fancy word for "building habits"

I only know that instant karma is gonna get you. It's gonna get you right in the face.



The Jedi Master

No Karma, luck, fate, destiny, mediums, soul mates, souls, prophecy, ghosts, fortune telling, astrology, after life or God.

This is it, get used to it, its all your going to get.

Bah. Hell, yeah, I believe that what comes around goes around.

Not in a quid pro quo sort of way, but in a more holistic way. Rat bastages invariably wind up miserable and alone. Decent folk usually wind up being pretty content. If one goes around screwing people over eventually one is going to be the object of some payback.

Of course all that is superseded by the Fickle Finger of Fate which can f--- you at any moment and the Sh-- Happens rules of the Universe.

And I've been on the receiving end of some pretty wild unlikely events to the point that yeah, I believe there's a thing called luck. Drives the wife nuts sometimes, but things usually work out for me even when they really shouldn't.