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karma1I’ve been exposed to a number of differing versions of the karma story. Some say it is about a life balancing thing – live a bad life now and you pay for it later. For others it can be almost instant where doing something bad now can cause an almost instant bad thing to bounce back at oneself.

I’m not sure I can make it clear but I see a problem with the underpinnings of the concept and I’m unsure how to get it across so others understand where I see the issue.

It’s a dichotomy thing I guess - if life is about experience, then to have a system in place which mandates experience would, to me, imply a prior knowledge of what may be good or bad experience. You see, the problem is this - everyone I’ve heard talk about it is happily telling me that karma means if you experience doing something bad to others (or maybe even to self) then later (sometimes immediately, sometimes in other lives) you will have the bad thing done to you.

What isn’t apparent though is whether or not the same system exists when we do good. It doesn’t seem to balance - if I do a good thing for another, do I later have to be in a position where I need to have that good thing done to me? Or does the fact that it is a good thing I did remove it from the karma cycle?

If I lead a good life this time around, do I have to lead a bad life later to make up for it?

Bit of a trick question really because no matter which way you answer it means karma is somehow biased towards a particular ethical Point of View - all experiences are NOT equal - some get punished and some don’t, or some bring a form of revenge while others require one to suffer just so another gets a chance to visit a reply upon one.


Posted in Alternative Thinking, Connecting, New Age, Religion, Right and Wrong, Spirit/Self, awareness, consciousness on February 23rd, 2009

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  1. Alberto Barbadillo Says:
    June 26th, 2010 at 8:51 am

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