Does karma exist?

[kathley]

Curious to see if anyone believes in karma. Have you ever seen negative, spiteful people continuously do evil things with no end in sight...or have some been stopped by karma? Or have you seen really good, caring people who give unconditionally and receive good karma?

 

[movie zombie]

we make the decisions that have gotten us to where we are in life.
if we make bad decisions we get bad results.
it takes years sometimes to get into a really bad place....for "karma" to catch up and be manifest.
when we get to that really bad place it is indeed "karma".
we can change our karma by making other decisions.
but it took years to dig the hole that we are in and it will take years to dig ourselves out.
it is our own decisions that will take us out of the hole and where we want to be.
karma is not an outside force but our own force that places us in places/situations.
merely my view and not speaking for others.

 

[iLander]

I think karma exists. . .

I just wish she would hurry up.

 

[OreoRosies86]

Karma exists, yes. It doesn't always work!

Generally if you work hard and are kind to people, good things will happen to you. If you do bad things to others, you can expect it in return in some form.

Some people do bad things their whole life and are never called into account. Some do good their entire life and quietly die never having been rewarded or lauded for their efforts, only hoping that someone benefitted. As an Atheist I have a very cut and dry view of the world sometimes, so I am more inclined to believe that karma is the ripple effect of our choices, rather than the universe putting things into balance.

 

[kenny]

Karma is an idea, like religion.
Ideas certainly exist, but only in the minds of humans.

People long for such ideas to be 'true' they fixate on occurrences that support their idea and overlook occurrences that don't.
If there were no humans there would be no ideas, because ideas do not exist in the way a real apple on a real table exist.

Personally, care that what I believe is true which puts me in the minority.
I endeavor to believe as few false things as possible and as many true things as possible.

How do I determine what's true?
Evidence.
Faith is pretending.

 

[monarch64]

I prefer the term "poetic justice." I have definitely seen that happen, and it is SO DELICIOUS.

 

[JulieN]

Karma could affect an individual's future lives, and not visibly affect the current one. So just because you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

 

[SB621]

I think karma exists. . .
I just wish she would hurry up.

^^ This exactly!!! And yes I do believe in Karma most definitely. It might not be when I want it to happen but eventually I do truly believe people get what they deserve, good or bad.

 

[mr_kroshka]

Karma is an idea, like religion.
Ideas certainly exist, but only in the minds of humans.

People long for such ideas to be 'true' they fixate on occurrences that support their idea and overlook occurrences that don't.
If there were no humans there would be no ideas, because ideas do not exist in the way a real apple on a real table exist.

Personally, care that what I believe is true which puts me in the minority.
I endeavor to believe as few false things as possible and as many true things as possible.

How do I determine what's true?
Evidence.
Faith is pretending.

Here is some evidence that sometimes Karma exists, other times it's just too slow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoy0_pUyZ8o

 

[Maisie]

I don't believe in karma but I think that our actions can cause reactions from others. So if we are kind people might be kind to us. If we are unkind people might respond the same way.

To me this isn't a thing called karma lurking around waiting to get people. It's just consequences of our actions.

 

[iLander]

Karma is an idea, like religion.
Ideas certainly exist, but only in the minds of humans.

People long for such ideas to be 'true' they fixate on occurrences that support their idea and overlook occurrences that don't.
If there were no humans there would be no ideas, because ideas do not exist in the way a real apple on a real table exist.

Personally, care that what I believe is true which puts me in the minority.
I endeavor to believe as few false things as possible and as many true things as possible.

How do I determine what's true?
Evidence.
Faith is pretending.

Oh, Kenny, where is your quantum physics knowledge when you need it?

Our entire reality is a construct of our belief. Reality is created by believing it. A pen on your desk is your interpretation of a group of excited electrons that were there a few seconds ago, but are now somewhere else.

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/Numbers/Math/Mathematical_Thinking/observer.htm

All of reality exists in the minds of humans.

 

[madelise]

I wish karma existed. I know someone who really needs karma to catch up on.

 

[zoebartlett]

I don't believe in karma but I think that our actions can cause reactions from others. So if we are kind people might be kind to us. If we are unkind people might respond the same way.

To me this isn't a thing called karma lurking around waiting to get people. It's just consequences of our actions.

This is pretty much how I feel, too. I'd like to think karma existed but I'm too skeptical.

 

[kenny]

Karma is an idea, like religion.
Ideas certainly exist, but only in the minds of humans.

People long for such ideas to be 'true' they fixate on occurrences that support their idea and overlook occurrences that don't.
If there were no humans there would be no ideas, because ideas do not exist in the way a real apple on a real table exist.

Personally, care that what I believe is true which puts me in the minority.
I endeavor to believe as few false things as possible and as many true things as possible.

How do I determine what's true?
Evidence.
Faith is pretending.

Here is some evidence that sometimes Karma exists, other times it's just too slow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoy0_pUyZ8o

Great video.
But what caused the accident is what the stupid driver did with the steering wheel perhaps as a result of being so upset ... not some mystical magical force working to set things right.

I'm okay with using terms like horrible, wonderful, karma, senseless, funny, or tragic to describe something after it happens.
There is insufficient evidence that karma is any more of a force that can cause anything to occur any more than tragedy or funny are causal forces.

But again, reason is my thing.

 

[mr_kroshka]

I wish karma existed. I know someone who really needs karma to catch up on.

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[kenny]

I wish karma existed. I know someone who really needs karma to catch up on.

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Welcome to Hangout, Mr Kroshka.

 

[mr_kroshka]

I wish karma existed. I know someone who really needs karma to catch up on.

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Welcome to Hangout, Mr Kroshka.

Thanks Professor Kenny.

 

[kathley]

Thanks for everyone's thoughts!!!

 

[luv2sparkle]

I lean more to the Galations 6:7 version- Don't be deceived, God is not mocked, whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap

 

[ksinger]

Nope. And my proof is 2 words: Koch brothers.

 

[dk168]

I believe karma exists.

I believe what goes round comes around.

DK

 

[kalomeli]

I don't believe in karma but I think that our actions can cause reactions from others. So if we are kind people might be kind to us. If we are unkind people might respond the same way.

To me this isn't a thing called karma lurking around waiting to get people. It's just consequences of our actions.

This.

 

[Sky56]

Yes. I've seen it in action many times. But it is not always apparent. There oftentimes appears to be no consequences for evil actions, but I believe they always will occur in this life or in the afterlife.

 

[chrono]

I wish karma existed. I know someone who really needs karma to catch up on.

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I believe that our actions has its own set of consequences but not karma in the sense that there is some unseen force pulling the strings or making this happen.

 

[AGBF]

This is an interesting thread and I had never seen the "road rage" video before. I had not not expected to enjoy it and did not open it immediately. Thank you for starting it, kathley.

Deb/AGBF

 

[kathley]

You are welcome Deb! Everyone's answers are interesting, and I have found a few "take aways" for me.

 

[minousbijoux]

It appears to have different names, but yes on consequences of actions or "what goes around comes around."

 

[pregcurious]

I don't believe in karma but I think that our actions can cause reactions from others. So if we are kind people might be kind to us. If we are unkind people might respond the same way.

To me this isn't a thing called karma lurking around waiting to get people. It's just consequences of our actions.

I agree