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April 19, 2004
Can Karma really exist?
There is so much stuff that goes on in my life, I'm questioning one of the few religious products I might have believed in. The generic Western bastardization of Karma is that bad deeds or actions come back to you, generally in a different form and direction. That is, I have a neighbor that yells at the top of his lungs at all hours of the day and night; but this is just karma (payback) for something bad I said or did.
Modern lives are so complex with such high amounts of communication and worldly exposure and chances for touching so many lives, there would have to be a huge stack of "karma" built up for each person. This, then, begs the questions, "who's keeping track?" and "where is the backlog stored?" which break the fourth wall that religion seems to be so dependent upon.
Assuming you see the flaw in the logic of the existence of Karma, does that mean there is no checks and balances system for actions and statements? Of course not.
Karma, then, must only be a mystic label for memory and coincidence. There is so much happening with so relatively few possibilities that coincidences are far more common than most consider them to be. Likewise, when there is a driving force behind the "Karma", (i.e., retribution from someone who knows you), it is a deliberate (even if subconscious) act that has been directed at you because of something they are remembering. Their memory doesn't even have to be of or about you, as we all know hostility is not always directed at the source of the unpleasantness.
So, either none of us are breaking the Law of Karma or I severely misunderstand what Karma is truly about. Fortunately, my apathy prohibits further investigation.
Posted at April 19, 2004 10:15 AM | Rants and Opinions
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