If we could all stop harming each other, where would karma come from?

Question

or threefold return or whatever you call what goes around coming around--Basically, If I harm somebody, am I not a tool of karma, and if so, what good does trying not to harm anybody do when those may be the people that karma has decided need to learn a lesson?

Answer 1

Given human nature, we could never all stop harming each other.
"Karma" in the biblical sense may be God's way of seeking revenge on behalf of the harmed individual(s).

Answer 2

One could be shock absorbers or explosives. The choice is ours.

Not only do we learn bad Karma, we also learn good ones. Accidents do happen and we could all learn to be careful and tolerant of others fault. It is all part of a big world. Nobody is perfect, but we could all use a break here and there. The whole point is to avoid a big build up of bad Karma and promote the flow of good one.

However, ideals are ideals.

Answer 3

Karma is not about the Devil or God. Karma not only affects this life but our next lifeand previous lives(if you believe in reincarnation). Leaving this life with good Karma will make our next life better as well as making this life better. Have you never noticed how, often, when you do good deeds, not expecting anything in return that good things seem to start happening? If you havent noticed this-its about time you thought less of your own needs and more of others and you will indeed find this to be true.

Answer 4

They MAY be, but it is not ours to decide who is perfect, but why and how each is imperfect.

'There is positive karma '

True.

'karma can take place in terms of losing money geting hit by cars freak accidents
and things. '

Yes, Karmic superstition.

'you are not a tool of karma, just by thinking that you earned some bad karma '

Or good Karma. True.

'In that case all we have is good karma, which results in good things happening to you. I guess that is the basic premise behind the karma theory. Be good, amd good things happen. '

False. Our responsibility is to not put bad things in. This in itself does not guarantee good.

'Karma can use other intruments of turture and pain as well. '

True. Revenge, sadism and the superstion of the torturor are all 'tools' of Karma, rather
they are essentials of this and that of existence, forming in their totality the essential Karmic
nature of existence.

'karma is a state of mind if u don't believe in karma it's not there '

True. Belief is required for personal responsibility.


'We would all just have really awesome karma. '

We would in deed be awesome.

'Then we would all have good come to us, because we would be so good to one another. '

I do not know that it is possible.

'If you use karma as an excuse to hurt others, expect the same to be revisited upon you - that's karma. '

True.

'Theres no basis for believing in Krama. '

It has the same ground for personal responsibility.

Answer 5

In that case all we have is good karma, which results in good things happening to you. I guess that is the basic premise behind the karma theory. Be good, amd good things happen.

Answer 6

karma can take place in terms of losing money geting hit by cars freak accidents and things you are not a tool of karma, just by thinking that you earned some bad karma

Answer 7

If you use karma as an excuse to hurt others, expect the same to be revisited upon you - that's karma.

Answer 8

There is positive karma

Answer 9

It sure would be nice if there really was such a thing as karma, where you could count on people getting what they deserve; unfortunately, it sounds like a wish-fulfillment fantasy to me.

Answer 10

We would all just have really awesome karma.