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Ginkgo
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What're your thoughts on it?
I think there are different kinds of karma, from what i remember. there is the direct karma which happens this life time as a consequence to previous deeds and then there is the cosmic karma that occurs, only after you have moved on and plays out over the course of your next life or lives....depends if you want to break it down payment into installments or break it down into one lump sum....
(this is from the top of my head and with out google)
so what ever lot the life you are born into, if its crap, is a consequence of bad deeds from your previous life and anything bad that happens to you, possibly something you may not have deserved, even if you were a good person in that life.
(my opinion) to me the universe is not fair, and though its bad, its also somewhat of a good thing. we enforce what
laws, its our responsibility not the universe, if there is to be some peace and order. (correct me if Im wrong)
touching on if our past deeds following our souls into the next life....
I dont believe we have souls and so I dont believe that our past deeds will follows us in death to the great beyond or there would be a next life.
Love Buddhism btw, something so natural about it. its kinda intricate.
I believe that balance is real, however that plays out. Some may feel it is Karma, some a correction, some a superficial word. I think the striving for balance exists in all forms of nature, including the universe(s). However, who knows what the rules of 'balance' really are? They may be different than we think.
Conversely, 'intent' can be a true motivation, not the action. One can be 'pure' in action, but menacing in thought. Or vice versa. So how do you determine which is 'good'? Is it the action or the thought?
And maybe your 'conscience' (consciousness) is what determines whether Karma exists. You create your own reality.
When I was a young kid, I thought, that regarding religion, that it was each persons own true thoughts that determined what happened to them after death. If they believed in a God, then there was one for them, if they believed in nothing, then there was that, etc... As an adult, I know what feels 'right' and that it only feels right for me, and it's constantly being revised.
I love your threads, btw. *smile*
Personally, I think the concept of karma is a crock of shit. The basis for it relies on the assumption that there's some universally objective form of negative and positive(right or wrong), which again, I don't think to be true; Everything is relative and context dependent.
Everything is simply a series of coincidences fueled by an infinite series of mathematical probabilities governed by every singe action we make, as well as those around us. Life is simply a giant do-it-yourself book in which the possibilities are endless, and in which opening of one door opens infinitely many in response, all with either slightly or substantially varying outcomes.
There are many variants of karma. Some of which have nothing to do with a universal code of ethics.
^ The way I understand karma... it's more of a "you get what you dish out" kinda thing. It can be good and it can be bad... ultimately it doesn't matter if what you did/got is good or bad, since it all depends on what you see as "good" and "bad" - that's totally up to your interpretation. Hmm... I don't think I've ever associated karma with types of energies. On a little side note, I think "bad" karma can also come in the form of guilt, anxiety etc.
Well, that's my take on the issue. I'd like to hear Ginkgo's thoughts too.