Is Karma purely the mechanics of cause & effect? With no particular religious affiliation?

Question

I know karma's often associated with Buddhism & Hinduism, bt taken on its own, it actually reflects more accurately the dynamics of human life.

Answer 1

Karma is hype. You are never one way and not the other. It's a dynamic of life. There's always an opposite. Karma just tries to let people know that you don't have to waste so much time with one and not get to the other.

Answer 2

Karma is similar to the Law of Cause and Effect, but where karma differs is that the Cause and the subsequent Effects do not have to be within the same lifetime.

Karma is associated with Buddhism and Hinduism because it is closely tied into reincarnation.

The Newtonian mechanics of C&E are usually associated with physical matter. Karma can also involve Mental and/or Emotional causes as well.

Answer 3

Karma has no direct religious affiliation, but rather is a form of spiritual cause and effect. The spirit is a form of... something. It's not just energy, and it's not merely matter. Elliott S! Maggin, a very gifted fantasy writer, had Lex Luthor claiming it was "gas waves."
But, whatever it is, I believe karma does exist. Our souls, spirits, personality, whatever they are, put out vibrations, and thought patterns into the ether of existence. It seems only natural that there would be some form of cause and effect, or maybe a kind of ripple effect, when that happens.
It would seem there is something in quantum physics that could get close to an answer.

Answer 4

Karma has little to do with cause and effect which implies, like the christian tenet, that you reap what you sow. Karma just is, regardless of the input, You might fall to your death off a ladder trying to save people from a burning building for example, so you could say that your "cosmic" reward for doing good is to be killed yourself, that is karma. The alternative would have been for you not to have bothered and the people would have died anyway, but you would still be alive so then that would have been their karma with you left thinking that maybe you could have done something, but you didn't.

Also it has more to do with philosophy than religion, the only reason religion enters the equation is because western cultures, when associating anything oriental, assume that everything oriental, be it the I-Ching, the ponderings of Confucious, or the Peking opera are all Buddhist. It is a bit like saying that the works of Shakespeare, the assertions of Freud and the Royal Ballet are all Christian. They might be products of a Christian culture but Christianity is not crucial for them to exist, just the idea.

I'm sorry for all the half baked examples but I am certain that I will be shot down in flames by someone - that is my karma

Answer 5

Karma includes "mental action " also.It is not the cause and effect as indicated in the physical plane or mechanical sense.Similarly in Hinduism the Karma done wit out the intension or desire for result will not have further effects.The mechanics of science action must invariable must have a reaction.In Karma of philosophy of Hindus,cause can be with out effect.The prime cause"GOD" was not result of any effect.
Theory of Karma is applicable in a spiritual sense rather in a physical sense.Any Karma "binds"the soul.

Answer 6

Karma is a myth. If we all really got what we deserved we would be in trouble. Most people like to pick and choose which things are "Karma" material. Under the typical retarded logic, Karma would apply when your best friend takes your boyfriend or picks out a dress you wanted; however, no Karma every time you walk right past a homeless person or feed a cat gourmet food while a child somewhere in your city is starving.

Answer 7

That's what the Buddhists and Hindus say too. Christianity and Judaism have a similar concept, called "Reap what you sew". It's not directly cause and effect, in that the outcomes of Karmic retribution are seldom the immediate results of the original deed. It's more of a loose form of pattern recognition.

Frenzalpixie: I'm glad that you enjoyed "The Secret", but it's not true that the laws of physics confirm it's philosophies. Like actually repels- opposites attract in energy fields. Magnetism is an easy example. I don't say that to dissuade you, a positive attitude can help you in many ways, but the physics doesn't really have anything to do with it.

Answer 8

Karma is difficult to come to terms with personally..Yes i believe your actions will effect your life,the dynamics of the human condition..What you reap is what you sow,what goes around comes around and so on..What i have difficulty with is its every victims Karma they should have been murdered,maimed etc etc..Especially children when there so young and could not have done anything,that merits how they been treated...Dislike religious rubbish about past lives coming back,and punishing people in this life.....Does it come down to ...,For every action theres a consequence saying the obvious,i know..What was that J P Sartre Existentialism ,in part of that philosophy we are the sum total of our actions and all things related.

Answer 9

Karma is not so much ' you stole someones boyfreind therefore someone will steal yours.' Karma means that everything has consequences everything you so or do or dont say or do leads to another event and then another etc etc... It is noted in Buddhism (I am a buddhist) but i think its really just common sense - recognise that your actions will have consequences fact.

Answer 10

No, cause and effect doesn't make things go back to you... In Karma all you do that is positive or negative build a balance like that in a bank account... If the balance is positive, there will be positive returns, if it is negative... negative returns!
If you believe in Karma you should never do negative things because negative things will come to you...