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karma
i guess this is under the right subject? anyways i just wanted to know what karma is? like i know its "what goes around comes around" but i dont really get it..? && people have it as their religious views...&& i dont see how its a religion.
-thanks.
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karma isn't a religion.
it's just a belief.
what goes around comes around.
Simply it's..
Good stuff happens to good people
And bad stuff happens to bad people.
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its just saying like if you do something to someone isnt "nice" or someone does something "mean" to you. it will come back at them. like since they did somethign to you, something will happen with them. in all movies when theres a "bully" the main charater normally gets back at the bully for what they did to them. like in max keeble's big move. its a disney movie i think thats the name. so yea. i hope i explained it, if you dont understand i can try again?
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This question is PERFECT for my mood right now.
Karma is like this:
Say you're dating someone. And this person cheats on you because they have a total problem, and then the person they cheated on you with, cheats on them. That's Karma. Listen to "what goes around" by Justin.
It's not exactly a religious view, it may be, but it's more like, i don't know. I guess it's kinda like believing in reincarnation or life after death.
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Usually it is believed to be a sum of all that an individual has done, is currently doing and will do. Karma is not about retribution, vengeance, punishment or reward; karma simply deals with what is. The effects of all deeds actively create past, present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life, and the pain and joy it brings to others. In religions that incorporate reincarnation, karma extends through one's present life and all past and future lives as well.
many believe God plays some kind of role, for example, as the dispenser of the fruits of karma. Another view holds that a Sadguru, acting on God's behalf, can mitigate or work out some of the karma of the disciple
The "Law of Karma" is central in Dharmic religions. All living creatures are responsible for their karma — their actions and the effects of their actions — and for their release from samsara. The concept can be traced back to the early Upanishads.
The esoteric Christian tradition adds that the essence of the teachings of Christ is that the law of sin and death may be overcome by Love, which will restore immortality.
Hindus believe that everything in the Universe is in a state of creation, maintenance or destruction. Similarly, the mind creates a thought, maintains it for some time and the thought ultimately dies down (perhaps to be replaced by another thought). In addition to the three states of consciousness, Hinduism puts forward a fourth state of being called Turiya or pure consciousness, where the mind is not engaged in thinking but just observes the thoughts. Actions in the Turiya state do not create karma. Meditation is a practice aimed at giving individuals the experience of being in this objective state. An individual who is constantly in the turiya state is said to have attained moksha where their actions happen as a response to events (and not because of thought process); such actions do not result in accumulation of karma as they have no karmic effect.
Karma literally means "deed" or "act" and more broadly names the universal principle of cause and effect, action and reaction that governs all life. Karma is not fate, for man acts with free will creating his own destiny. According to the Vedas, if we sow goodness, we will reap goodness; if we sow evil, we will reap evil. Karma refers to the totality of our actions and their concomitant reactions in this and previous lives, all of which determines our future. The conquest of karma lies in intelligent action and dispassionate response.
hope i helped
Angie
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Think of it this way. You punch someone in the face you get -10 karma points. You give a random person $20 you get 10 karma points. You definitely want to have a positive karma balance, and you want to have as many points as possible. Religions that believe in reincarnation and karma see it this way(or something like this, numbers are examples only):
(< less than, > greater than, k karma, hell is temporary in these religions)
<-300k super bad hell
<0k hell
<50k lower lifeform
<300k poor human
<1000k moderate human
<3000k rich human
<10,000k higher lifeform #1(think angel)
<100,000k higher lifeform #2(superangel)
>1,000,000k ultimate enlightenment
Religions like Christianity are simpler with:
<0k hell
>0k heaven
Karma is an idea and a *part* of some religions. It's not a religion itself.
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