do you believe in REAL karma?

[layinback]

pop vernacular: what goes around comes around.
christianity: sowing and reaping.
science: cause and effect.
buddhism and hindu: karma

on the surface, it seems bad things happen to good people and visa versa. oftentimes, it all seems arbitrary. i am a questioning soul, always trying to make sense of it all and i value other peoples experience and opinions.

i am faaaar from religious, but i am a believer in karma.my belief is based on what bertrand russell, termed, "personal sense data." not very reliable stuff and totally subjective! lol. when i was a shit head drug dealing thug, my life was shit. now i am relatively honest and strive to add to the stream of life and help others. life is good, i am moderately happy and possess EVERYTHING i need and want. a lot of people would chalk this up to a lifestyle change but it is much deeper than that.

 

[LuluDeren]

No. I've been in hell for 10 years and I can trace the source of my misery to the 10,000.00 I donated to Jerry's Kids.

 

[borris]

no, but I believe in fate and that everything happens for a reason

 

[Powerbuilder333]

Yes.
There are unfortunate exceptions. Stalin never reaped the suffering he sowed. Neither did Idi Amin.
I hope Saddam and his sons become the norm as far as come uppance goes.

 

[buffer1]

yep

 

[layinback]

No. I've been in hell for 10 years and I can trace the source of my misery to the 10,000.00 I donated to Jerry's Kids.

jerry lewis is a SOCIOPATHIC MONSTER. he has a lot of french people fooled, but i see right through that fucker!

 

[Jon79]

no bc the ppl that do good things r the ones that always get fucked

 

[LuluDeren]

jerry lewis is a SOCIOPATHIC MONSTER. he has a lot of french people fooled, but i see right through that fucker!

I never donated money, you see, I'm a liar and now I'm getting what I deserve. So, yes, I'm a believer.

 

[Jon79]

I never donated money, you see, I'm a liar and now I'm getting what I deserve. So, yes, I'm a believer.

what r u doin in your avi? looks like u r pourin one out for your homies on thw wall

 

[LuluDeren]

what r u doin in your avi? looks like u r pourin one out for your homies on thw wall

I am standing next to my dresser and treadmill, right in front of a full length mirror. I have my camera over my shoulder. pourin one out? That is the handle of my treadmill up by my chest.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Karma serves as a good moral compass.

 

[Jon79]

I am standing next to my dresser and treadmill, right in front of a full length mirror. I have my camera over my shoulder. pourin one out? That is the handle of my treadmill up by my chest.

oh can you see what i was talking about? lol

 

[MichaelScott]

we can only hope

 

[stilleto]

i don't usually believe in it, but once in a while i see something or know of something and it makes me think "they deserve that".

 

[layinback]

no, but I believe in fate and that everything happens for a reason

a fatalist! this means everything is predetermined and choices are an illusion. this is my least favorite metaphysical myth. you are entitled, but fatalism is worse than existentialism.

 

[Jon79]

i don't usually believe in it, but once in a while i see something or know of something and it makes me think "they deserve that".

meh.....im not listen till i see a better avi out of u

 

[samoth]

No.

And karma has nothing to do with cause and effect.

HTH.

 

[needtogetaas]

I am standing next to my dresser and treadmill, right in front of a full length mirror. I have my camera over my shoulder. pourin one out? That is the handle of my treadmill up by my chest.

looks like a paint brush to me but who cares.

 

[calveless wonder]

for sure.....

fucked up shit you do comes back at the worst time.

besides, why woudl you treat someone else like you wouldnt want to be treated?

granted, bad things happen to good people..but that's life.

but when i think you fuck up, whatever you fucked up with will come back to haunt you and be totally related

 

[puddlemonkey]

Karma thread?

 

[layinback]

No.

And karma has nothing to do with cause and effect.

HTH.

i KNEW the "cause and effect" part would get your attention. lol

 

[javaguru]

Not really, I do what I do because I believe it's the "right" thing to do.

 

[layinback]

Not really, I do what I do because I believe it's the "right" thing to do.

java, come now, no man is truly virtuous for virtues sake. btw if you were so goddamned balanced and sane, you wouldnt be posting on ef. lol

 

[javaguru]

java, come now, no man is truly virtuous for virtues sake. btw if you were so goddamned balanced and sane, you wouldnt be posting on ef. lol

I also get that feeling of self-satisfaction from being better than everyone else.

 

[layinback]

I also get that feeling of self-satisfaction from being better than everyone else.

lololololol. the TRUTH, finally.

 

[digimon7068]

yup. . .and it can be a bitch. . .

 

[Stefka]

Yes.
Everything bad I have ever done has come back to me at least 100%.

But good things I do never come back to me. Or at least not yet. But then that just makes me think that something REALLY bad would have happened to me if I hadn't done so many good things.