Anyone who know what Karma is?

[aditya]

just a basic or like detailed idea

 

[Accipeveldare]

just a basic or like detailed idea

Karma is the term used for the idea that the Universe basically gives back to you what you put into it. For example, if I start smoking, and I decide I wanted to quit. But instead of actually trying to help myself I do a spell and think it's going to do it all for me. The universe will basically do nothing to help you. However, if you did a spell AND decided to also take steps to help yourself alongside it, the universe will make your efforts much easier and rewarding. Basically, the universe won't help you, unless you help yourself. Your stupid decisions are yours, and the universe won't help you unless you put in the effort to fix it.

 

[HoldAll]

Any particular reason for the ALL CAPS in the heading?

 

[IllusiveOwl]

Habituation.

Likely all the actions you'll do throughout your daily routine have their roots in actions you've done before, opinions you've formed from the past, goals of the future you've already made... little of what you do throughout your day has its origin in the present, it's more like you're reacting to the day based on the karma (schema) you have already constructed.

This habituation is self-generating and allows very little moment-to-moment free will or choice, many of the decisions you could make would be pre-determined because of your past experiences/expectations. The past creates the present to the extent that you allow it, which is probably a lot more than you realize.

So, being free of karma means reacting in the moment with complete, unbiased and unmotivated awareness, a feat that's profoundly difficult and something many people can't even conceive of.

You could get all spooky and esoteric with it, that's probably what you were looking for, and it does get that way if you consider what your experience of individual life is in the grand cosmos, but it's best to start small and work your way up with the habits and preconceptions you harbor.

 

[Adelina]

I would like to know what the Karma is too. I constantly see good people getting the short end of the stick, while all kinds of morons and openly evil people are having all the power in the world.

And no, I can hardly buy all that stuff about punishment for mistakes in the past lives. It would be too cruel to be punished for what you don't even remember. And it is hard to believe, that evil people in power did a lot of good stuff in their previous lives.

 

[aditya]

Any particular reason for the ALL CAPS in the heading?

no reason, sry mate it won't be done again

 

[Mannimarco]

Patterns from past lives that become ingrained in our energy body, and thus manifest in this life

 

[Nocturne]

Predetermined circumstances and events (good and bad) by your soul so that certain necessary events happen and outcomes are achieved in this life, depending on what your soul seeks to experience while incarnated.

 

[silencewaits]

Causality. If you get drunk and haul tail down the highway at 100mph only to crash and lose a limb or harm someone - that is karma. Another way to understand it is that certain actions lead to a negative character and negative habits, which will lead to further negative fruits. There is also the idea that your actions and character in this life will affect your next rebirth. Making it easier or harder to free yourself from the cycle. The simplest, but hardest, way to free yourself from karma is through following a sadhana.

 

[Accipeveldare]

Predetermined circumstances and events (good and bad) by your soul so that certain necessary events happen and outcomes are achieved in this life, depending on what your soul seeks to experience while incarnated.

I personally do not agree with this particular outlook. Destiny is what you make it to be, your soul is a key part of you, but only does what you choose. Your soul does not "seek" anything, YOU do. As well as, the "necessary events" don't just happen, you put in the effort to make them happen. Destiny is a fairy tail.

 

[WonderFire]

Social manipulation by priests trying to control actions of population (especially warriors) through fear mongering. Later it became a form of slave morality used by inferior men and women trying to drag others to their level.

 

[IllusiveOwl]

Social manipulation by priests trying to control actions of population (especially warriors) through fear mongering. Later it became a form of slave morality used by inferior men and women trying to drag others to their level.

This is what the edgy materialist Nietzsche-heads explain it as before they lose their minds because any kind of metaphysical theory is beyond their capacity of understanding.

 

[Dascent]

Karma, from my knowledge means "action" but the manifestation of karma from my perspective works like this:
You emanate a specific vibration be it from negative thoughts/actions or positive ones... I've seen some materials which mentioned something along these lines -- that for a subtle energy takes only 7 seconds to attract a similar energy and the study was related to how a subject was thinking/processing a negative though and in 7 seconds timeframe the subject thought to another negative thought without external stimuli... same thing with positive thoughts/ideas..... and actions.
So I can "form" some type of conclusion for myself that if I do focus on bs negative thoughts/ideas/actions the consequence of all those can't be a positive one.
The Universe is always supporting us in any of the two polarities... we operate from a negative state, we "benefit" of similar negative experiences -- we operate from a positive state, we experience positivity...
If karma means action and consequences of those actions it is fair to assume that simplified version of the saying "What you put out is what you get back" or "What goes around, comes around..." and many other expressions which have deeper, more profound roots...


But... at the end of the day, we are free to define and appropriate any values we consider are useful for our experience.

 

[WonderFire]

This is what the edgy materialist Nietzsche-heads explain it as before they lose their minds because any kind of metaphysical theory is beyond their capacity of understanding.

You don't need to be materialist to reject pathetic attempts at manipulation by simpering eunuchs.
Also, look up just world fallacy.

Ironically enough your first post in the thread correctly identified the root phenomena that inspired the notion of Karma (habituation), however Karma itself both in the east and the west is a manipulative lie for and by parasites and weaklings.

 

[NightWatchman95]

just a basic or like detailed idea

contrary what a lay new age type will tell you, karma is never good and is the very sticky stuff that keeps us stuck in the lower realms to begin with, karma is not about merit of the actions themselves, but the outcomes of said actions and our attachment to them. its less about thinking positive thoughts and more about how your actions echo across existence and come back to either help you or punish you when your life on earth is up.

 

[Mars]

No one gave the right answer so far.

Karma is described in detail in the Bhagavad-Gita.

In short (its a copy paste of mine):

In Western culture, karma has become like some sort of deity—something that hands out good karma if you’ve been a “good boy or good girl” and bad karma if you haven’t.

It’s the same oversimplification we see in Christianity’s heaven and hell narrative. But this idea is completely wrong.

Karma actually means work or actions. It refers to rituals, sacrifices, and conduct—and it is inherently neutral.

When someone says, “I’ll let karma handle it,” they’re completely missing the point. Karma isn’t some cosmic force that fixes your problems for you. It’s the exact opposite.

It means taking responsibility, putting in the work, and understanding that the results come directly from your actions. The Universe role here, is to assist when it notices your “plea” in action.

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The most famous quote from the Gita, so famous even Kindergarten children know it:

(Karmanye vadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana)
"You have the right to perform your duty, but not to the fruits thereof."

And it refers to Karma Yoga. With Yoga being another term and concept completely butchered and degenerated in the west, but this would break the scope of this thread.

If you read scharlatans, pedophiles and useless eaters like Crowley or waste time on whatever new age gurus puke out I demand you to read this if you actually want to understand the Karma. It will be the most important thing you will read in your life:

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[IllusiveOwl]

its less about thinking positive thoughts and more about how your actions echo across existence and come back to either help you or punish you when your life on earth is up.

Karma actually means work or actions

The very act of having a negative intention waters the habitual plant in your spiritual garden. Motives and thoughts are themselves habitual and therefore karmic.

If you pay attention to your thoughts, you will find repetitive actions taking place in the mind. The very foundations of your ego-identity are made of these karmic thought patterns, and when you are limited of Karma, "you" vanish.

 

[r2magooo]

as you sow so shall you reap

as you experience the world so shall you expect more of the same

as you practice ... so shall you perform ...

as you memorize so shall you recall

the term Karma in relation to "re incarnation" is a reference to these types of lived experience details

 

[NightWatchman95]

i guess everyone wants to overlook that karma can be used as a justification for socail inequity... guess that 4 year old dying of bone cancer right now should have just had better karma.

 

[PinealisGlandia]

i guess everyone wants to overlook that karma can be used as a justification for socail inequity... guess that 4 year old dying of bone cancer right now should have just had better karma.

Early death is only a penalty for people who lack faith in a life beyond this one. When you know that this life is just a chapter, you don't feel the need to prolong your "life" unnecessarily.

Do not mourn for the young dead, celebrate their return to heaven.

My daughter died at 20 months old from Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. There is nothing to mourn. She's in heaven with the rest of my family and we can talk any time we want. This isn't an abstract hypothetical to me.

Karma means cause and effect. I never held my daughter because I left the state and broke up with her mom before she was born. I video called all the time, but I thought I had time, so I wanted to do the trip "right". Hindsight's 20/20, I could've made the trip by just buying a plane ticket and sleeping in a ditch for a weekend, but I didn't, so I never held her before she died. That's karma. That's cause and effect. My actions then led to my situation now.

Karma is a physical law, or rather, the culmination of physical laws. Understanding how the world works, how it will react to your actions, is understanding your own karma.

"Oh no, you flip burgers and believe in karma, you have a slave mentality!"

Oh no, you like eating burgers and I decide how closely to obey the hold timers in the cabinet. I guess that makes me the master of your lunch's destiny.