Hi everyone! I hope you’re all well. Today is Wednesday, and it’s time for another post in the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge hosted by Long and Short Reviews. If you’d like to participate in the challenge, you can find the list of topics for 2023 here, and if you’d like to read others’ responses to this week’s topic, you can do so here.
Do You Believe in Karma?
What is Karma?
Karma is a concept that has roots in many ancient religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The concept can be defined as cause and effect: the idea that every action taken, has a corresponding consequence.
The idea of karma is not just limited to ancient religions. In fact, many people who do not follow any specific religion still believe in it as a concept. They see it as a way to understand the world and make sense of the good and bad things happening in their lives.
Although karma is popular, there are misconceptions about it. Some people believe that accumulating good karma means doing only good deeds and avoiding bad actions. However, good karma is not just about doing good deeds – it also encompasses moral and spiritual values such as compassion, selflessness, and forgiveness. It can’t be measured by the number of good deeds you have done but by the sincerity of your actions’ intentions.
Moreover, karma is not about punishment or reward. Instead, it is a natural law that governs the universe’s balance, where every action and reaction creates a ripple effect that affects the collective consciousness. It teaches us that every action we take has a consequence on a larger scale and that every living being is interconnected.
Karma is a powerful concept for those who believe in it, in that it promotes self-reflection and accountability for our actions, and it’s not just a religious belief but a universal law that governs the balance of all things.
Now, with all that said, the question remains:
Do I believe in Karma?
The answer to that question is a complicated one for many people – me included; I believe in the laws of the universe and that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, though I don’t think there is someone keeping a tally of anyone’s good deeds or intentions, and the idea of karma would imply that there is. I wish I did believe in it, however.
There have been so many terrible things that have happened to me, my family and the people I love – most of whom live their lives trying to be good and decent human beings, trying to never put a foot wrong in the way they treat others – while others I know, who are perhaps, less inclined to go out of their way to anybody in need, seem to be rewarded at every turn. So, if karma did, in fact, exist, there would be clear evidence to indicate it, and I don’t see it.
Anyway, that’s me for post 40 (Post 40!). I’m looking forward to reading all of your responses, which I expect from getting to know you this year through your challenge posts to be wildly varied!
So, with all that said, thanks very much, as always, for reading my post!
Until next time,
George
© 2023 GLT
Categories: life, Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge
GEORGE L THOMAS 
Good definition and explanation, but though you understand the concept you don’t see it in action.
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I don’t, Patrick. I’m open to seeing Karma in action, but it just hasn’t been my experience (So far).
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One distinction between the modern notion of karma and the ancient understanding is that the Hindus believed that our present lives were consequences of past lives, and that some consequences of our current lives are not realized until the future. They might explain being born infertile, for instance, by attributing it to a past live’s neglect of kids, or attribute a good person hit with cancer and living on the charity of others as a consequence of their having been mean/uncharitable themselves in a past life. I don’t believe in any of that, but in my experience western version of karma are fixated on the here-and-now.
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Yeah, I tend to agree. 🙂
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I honestly don’t have much to add… your explanation works for me. I do wish *actual* karma was a thing, though… it would sure keep the world a more civil place!
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I’m with you on this one. (Also: post 40! Woohoo!) I understand the concept, but it doesn’t reflect my experience of how the world actually works.
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karma comes from one’s own heart/soul. It is our own heart/soul that collects the negative energies created by acting on our negative thoughts, stores them and releases the energies as our negative fates. We reap what we have sowed. For more information, go on Amazon, God’s Recipe for Health & Happiness.
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