is karma real? and more importantly is it fair? i'd like to hear peoples views on karma and if they believe that karma is working evenly in their lives.
2007-02-05 14:28:49 · 21 answers · asked by beckersmcgee 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lots of times, but it could easily be explained away as happenstance.
1) when I was about 6, my folks were flat broke. We went to the store to get eggs and milk, and that, plus the 25 pound bag of rice we had, was all we were going to eat for the next two weeks. As my mom picked the milk off the shelf, a lady came walking up that she hadn't seen in eight years. Turns out my mom had loaned her $100 when things were tight for her. She handed over $100 on the spot. Mom got a package of hamburger, and a few other necessities, and we went home.
2) I stopped and helped people get their vehicles jumped, and in one case drove a lady to the repair shop...35 miles. Then one day the truck broke down in the middle of nowhere. My wife and I were flat broke. Cell phones were still an emerging technology, so we didn't have one. Within two minutes, a red Ford Ranger stopped, and out hops this fat guy in shorts and sneakers and nothing else.
"Hey, man, you alright, you need a beer?"
(hey, I live in Arkansas)
"Well my truck's stalled, won't start, and I'm broke.
So the fat redneck whips out - of all things - a friggin' cell phone, calls a tow truck, waits til it gets there, and pays for the tow!
When I get to the shop, I'm agonizing over how to pay the bill when in walks a guy I hadn't seen in 6 or 7 years.
"What's up, man?"
"Truck's broke, and I don't have but 8 cents in my pocket."
"Really? What's it need?"
"Alternator, about $75"
"Well, ****, man, I just got my tax return. Here you go!"
Thus was my truck towed and fixed at no cost to me...because I stopped and helped people who needed it.
2007-02-05 15:41:28 · answer #1 · answered by Lokishadow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe karma is real and in my opinion it is fair. I think karma is a good thing and if you do good for others and give to help others eventually you will get something back in return and yes I think karma is working evenly in my life
2007-02-05 22:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by Big Rob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if karma is real but I believe in reciprocity. Every time in my life that I have needed something I have found it beneficial to pay it forward.
Western culture is thick with examples. My mother use to tell me that to whom much is given, much is required. Martin Luther King Jr. said something to the effect of - the arc of the universe is a long one but it bends toward justice. Your other responders have probably given you many more. What all of these platitudes have in common is that they probably are (even if we call them by another name) the karma you are seeking.
This was an excellent question (I'm a sucker for anything that makes me think).
2007-02-05 22:41:03 · answer #3 · answered by Goofy Foot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Karma is very real. When you are nice to others, they will be nice to you. It is very fair. What do you mean "Is it fair?"? Karma, I know for a fact, happens to me every day. What goes aropund, comes around.
2007-02-05 22:35:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Karma simply means "action" in Sanskrit. So experience itself is Karma. The good and bad connotations are mere human interpretations, and have nothing to do with the word or its meaning.
2007-02-05 22:32:51 · answer #5 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe Karma is real and have experienced it. Good actions and a good attitude brings good experiences and good people to you. I think it is very fair. It brings me happiness.
2007-02-05 22:41:00 · answer #6 · answered by fade_this_rally 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I strongly very strongly believe in Karma, because whenever I do something good, like get my girfriend things, or am very kind to people I always get kindness and love back, however I have noticed in doing something bad.. something small or big happens in my week that can be hurtful or just make me upset.. that why I strongly believe in it..
2007-02-05 22:32:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
O.K. I was driving from St. Helena with my sister. We were on the freeway and she got tired of chewing her gum so she rolled down her window and threw the gum out of the window. She didn't want to dirty up her ashtray y'know. We stopped at a gas station about 30 min later to buy some snacks and I kid you not she was walking out of the store and she stepped into a piece of gum. I told her "karma got you fast" she had to agree
2007-02-05 22:32:47 · answer #8 · answered by 'lil peanut 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Personally I don't think karma is a phenomena, I think it jst happens naturally. I think in the end most people get what they deserve, but it doesn't always happen that way. Usually karma happens in suddle ways, things you don't even realize are happening. Either way, one time I spit gum in my yard and stepped in gum later that day. one time I stole hair dye and it wrecked my hair. :)
2007-02-05 22:33:42 · answer #9 · answered by Laura Appleseed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in Karma.
2007-02-05 22:30:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋