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QUESTION: Do you believe in Karma?
Talk about it….
Water Cooler – Do You Believe In Karma?
Have to say yes based on observation and patience, sometimes decades.
If you allow yourself to be blinded by resentment, you’ll miss passively enjoying Karma when it finally happens.
“You can’t get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.”
— Randy Pausch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
‘Last Lecture’
Karma as in, what goes around, comes around, or you get what you deserve? No, I don’t believe in it in those terms. Bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people. If Karma existed, there would be less evil in the world because there would be consequences.
Karma is a philosophy in some Eastern religions. They believe there is no arbitrary or meaningless suffering in the world. I think it’s a superstition.
The Last Lecture is A Great Everyone Must Read! Opened it up again this weekend for the third time. Yes I believe: Karma is both good and bad, that’s why I do good, to get good back.
… I used to… but seeing what has happened in Cali under Brown for 12 yrs, Newsom for 2, and the current and last 2 presidential administrations – I have to say no
I do believe in it but not to the extent that when something bad happens to someone, they must have done something to deserve the bad thing. I’ve always lived with this belief and when something good does come about, I like to believe it’s in return for something nice I may have done. I also feel that choosing happiness or to do a good thing promotes positivity.
It would be mildly interesting to hear how Jussie Smullett or Chris Cuomo would answer this question….just sayin’
Not really.
Yes. I believe. Sadly, doesn’t happen often enough . . . although Chris, The C-Word, Cuomo has just been indefinitely suspended by the Cult News Network.
Real world example:
There are approx 100+ videos / posts of people wishing death on “unvaccinated / anti-vaxxers”……
These same people end up passing away “suddenly or unexpectedly”.
Karma is not a Christian doctrine. And experience demonstrates that it is not implemented in a way we can see. Having said that, there is a price we all pay when we sin. So get together and love one another right now!
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Yes I believe in Karma. I also believe in Ying and Yang.
The Bible says basically:
You reap what you sow, more than you sow, and later than you sow!
@oh yeah….and Mick Jagger says “You can’t always get what you want….but you get what you need.”
I think the correct phrase from Mick Jagger was “you might get what you need”. I don’t believe 100 percent in karma, I agree with some posters here, when bad things happened it is rarely because that person deserved it. However, I do believe in a certain kind of “what goes around comes around”. If you help out a friend or people in general someone will most likely help you out when needed. I like to cover my bases so to speak, so I try to treat people as I would like to be treated.
@Hanne Jeppesen….You might want to check that.
“If you try sometime, you just might find… you get what you need”
I don’t know why Trump used that song during his campaign tho.
I’d have chosen “Living in America” James Brown
No. The Bible is quite clear, and experience demonstrates, that evil people sometimes prosper and get away with their crimes, while really nice people sometimes suffer loss and tragedy for no ‘good reason’.
I do believe in a Final Judgement, which we will all face, which will be better and worse than Karma, depending on your position with the Lord.
I have been a recipient of good karma even as I have watched others try to drag me down. So, cheers! And back atcha!
Meanwhile, just be kind. Always.
No. Karma is a theological concept found in the Buddhist and Hindu religions. Karma is based on the theological belief in reincarnation. The Bible rejects the idea of reincarnation.
I get it that karma is used loosely. If you understand the true meaning, it changes the equation.
Bad Karma < Bad Karmela
Another name for karma is revenge and yes karma can bite you too.
Do onto others as you would have them do unto you, just to be safe.