karma fact or fiction?

Question

karma is it true? i have been bad since 9 years of age when i would short change my dad from the shop also had a pen and pencil fencing racket in first school still much the same now but i am a very happy person.have seen many bad things happen but not happen to me.so is karma true or just something made to make people on the vurge of being bad think twice?

Answer 1

Karma exists. I think it's a very spiritual phenomena, but if you're not a spiritual person, you can look at it from a secular and social-scientific point of view as well.

As the old saying goes, the actions make the person. You might do something bad and never get caught... but YOU know you did it, and by doing it you've subconsciously altered your opinion of yourself. You might choose not to dwell on it, but it's part of your awareness that you're not exactly a good person. If you do terrible things repeatedly, you obtain a self-awareness that you're a terrible person! This comes across in your behavior and your actions towards others. People can usually sense if someone seems a bit "shady." There are behavioral indicators that let people know "I'm a scumbag." Even the real slick mobsy-types that think they're so charismatic... truly decent people know a slimeball when we see one, and if you're a slimeball, you're not going to have lots of good people in your life. And as a result, good things will not come your way.

That self-knowledge also leads people to develop a paranoia. If you're a thief, even if you NEVER get caught and no one knows you're a thief, you have to live your life worrying about who's stealing from you. You lose the ability to trust and have faith in people, because you know you wouldn't trust or have faith in yourself. And by losing that ability, it is less likely that you will lead a fulfilling life surrounded by people who truly care about you.

And speaking of that, certainly the "sins" you commit will come back to haunt you in the form of human retribution. It can be something obvious like revenge or punishment, or something subtle like having a hard time developing wholesome human relations and perhaps preventing good people from coming into or staying in your life.

All of these things set the stage for bad things to happen in your life. Or, at the very least, fewer good things may happen. It's a form of cosmic justice that works as much from within you as it does from within the rest of the world that observes you. It's the energy you produce, the "vibe" that you put out there, that plays such a huge role in terms of where your life goes and who you'll meet along the way.

So yeah, if you ask me, Karma is most definitely fact. It does not preclude free will, nor does it preclude morality. The morality comes from your inner perception of yourself, and the reality that you cannot deceive yourself, and you cannot deceive the world at large (ie God, if you're theistic), because intentions have a way of making themselves known. So it's not a system that can be beaten, because it works within us. And certainly it doesn't preclude free will, since we can do what we want to do and make whatever choices we wish. We just have to understand that we do not exist independant from our environment, and as Newton said, every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Sure, I have the will to swipe from the till, but what effects will that have on me? Will I get caught and be fired or arrested? Will I develop a habit and be more inclined to do it again because I got away with it? Will I have to live my life knowing I'm a thief? How will I be able to trust others not to do the same to me? How can I respect myself if I wouldn't respect someone else who did what I did? And if I can't respect myself, how can others respect me? See, the person has free will, but there are consequences that go with every decision.

And to me, Karma is the combination of the direct consequences like punishment, along with the more subtle consequences that take place within your mind, and pardon the cliche, within your heart. And it's those changes that make good or bad things come back to you.

Answer 2

Karma is basically removes free will and morality.

Say I was the most evil man ever and I believed in Karma. Because I was evil I would want all the good things to happen to me. So the most evil thing I could do would be to help people all the time so Karma will reward me with good things.

Also say I was a really good person. I would do good things for their own sake but get rewarded for them anyway.

So an evil person has to act morally in order to be selfish - if they acted in a bad manner then they would be an idiot as then bad things would happen to them. And a good person is always rewarded so they can't ever be truly selfless.

So really Karma eliminates all morals as someone evil and clever will always act like a saint to get the maximum overall reward and someone good can't help but lead a life that gives them great overall benefits.

Because I believe in morality, good and evil I can not accept karma as being true.

Answer 3

that is a fact for the believer and a fiction for the non believing rationalist. i'm no longer very effective which part of the international you're from and from which custom. the reason i'm asking it truly is to percentage my view that the word" Karma" packs extra rationalization than what's usually stated. In languages arond the international, we are able to locate that, there aren't any genuine equivalent words for particular words . for this reason , English language accepts the unique word in its fold. Karma is one such. Karma theory, purely ability "you achieve what you sow". the purely challenge is in understanding the theory that acts performed contained in the previous ( existence) impacts us contained in the pesent and acts performed contained in the present impacts destiny( births).

Answer 4

its hard to say as its beyond our small brain. some believe it some dont. the most relevant part is for us to live a good life, meaningful and mindful. if we dont harm others and even if harm comes to us, we should not retaliate. let the Almighty, whatever our religios or spiritual beliefs be, do the needful. there is already so much problem in this world so in our own small ways, we ought to try to make it as peaceful and safe as possible esp to those around us. we cannot change the world but we can change ourselves. it all starts within ourselves. lets try

Answer 5

i like this question too. im pretty good, and anytime i do anything mean or bad, it seems to come back at me. so i personally believe in karma.

Answer 6

Good point cos i do everything good and i still get burnt from so called "KARMA"