Karma

I don't think anyone got it mano

Originally posted by WindDancer
Karma? As in the Hindu and Buddhist philosophy according to which the quality of people’s current and future lives is determined by their behavior in this and in previous lives? Hmm... I can't really say yes. But then again I can't say no. Is really hard to say whether it exist or not. I more incline to say yes! Since I consider myself a spiritual person it would be contradictory to refute the posiblity of it's existence.

The more interesting question is not whether or not Karma exists, but rather does it apply to everyone/everything?

If you kill a bug, does that necessarily require a punishment?

Originally posted by Fire
no idea what semantics means mate

I Beilive in Karma. I belive that if you do something, some way, in some form it will come back around

thx Storm

Originally posted by Samurai Guy
The more interesting question is not whether or not Karma exists, but rather does it apply to everyone/everything?

If you kill a bug, does that necessarily require a punishment?

The question is Who or What would punish you? Some deity with higher powers that controls the rebirth of a person? Or there is no punishment. Catching my drift? 😉

Originally posted by WindDancer
The question is Who or What would punish you? Some deity with higher powers that controls the rebirth of a person? Or there is no punishment. Catching my drift? 😉

Sounds a little too Greek Mythology. 😆

You are misunderstanding me, I think. I am not saying that Zeus is going to strike you down with a lightning bolt. 😉

What determines your punishment? What is to say that in the long wrong doing a person wrong is not for the better?

Karma is not a form of cosmic justice but rather a principle of causation.

M My sister Believes in it.She also pratises that saying.She says we are all judged at the end.And sometimes giving yourself up makes you more faithful to yourself,
Or something like that,Anyway see you around,JM

Karma is more "You get what you give." Give bad, you will get bad in return. Give good, and you will get good in return.

But a punishment does not necessarily take the form of a judge in a powdered wig. Punishment can be anything.

i deffinitly belive in Karma.it has a balence to things,and it also has a scientific balence to it to,in a way.

yea its happended 2 me loads of times.

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Karma is not a form of cosmic justice but rather a principle of causation.

I agree with Adam Poe. To me karma seems more a case of if I'm nice to someone they'll most likely reciprocate. Just as if I go around punching people in the face I'll most likely get some of what I give. Not this "I stole something 50 years ago and now I have cancer, it must be karma" stuff. Like AP said it's causality, not divine cosmic justice.

Originally posted by WhiteEagle
I agree with Adam Poe. To me karma seems more a case of if I'm nice to someone they'll most likely reciprocate. Just as if I go around punching people in the face I'll most likely get some of what I give. Not this "I stole something 50 years ago and now I have cancer, it must be karma" stuff. Like AP said it's causality, not divine cosmic justice.

But that is not necessarily bad.

Karma sounds good in theory, but I simply don't buy it.

That is because you are the most sceptical person I have had the privilege of conversing with.

Plus Karma simply doesn't seem to happen in this world.

There are plenty of people who do horrible things and get off scott free.

Like I said before....

Karma does not have to take the form of a judge with a gavell. Punishment can be mysterious

Karma is not like some supernatural being weighing a someone's actions on some cosmic scale. It isn't punishment. Karma is the result of a person's actions coming back to them.

Sounds like a cop out excuse to me. If Karma exists then if someone killed a bunch of people something extremely horrible would happen to him. It isn't always the case.

It's not consistant and there are plenty of people who have done horrible acts that live long happy lives without ever seeing ANY consequences to their actions.

I never said karma had to take the form of a judge or anything, just simply that if Karma existed it would be consistant with people, it is not.