The Good, The Bad, and The Karma
Aug. 14th, 2012 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
myvoiceEveryday we learn new things, see new places, meet new faces; and, though they seem so insignificant to us at the time, every one of them has a large effect on our lives. If you have ever heard of the Butterfly Effect, then this will make a bit more sense to you. Every moment of our lives is like that little butterfly, creating a small flutter in the wind that will lead a hurricane of actions and emotions later on in our lives. And each of these moments compile together into days, months, years...
The more good things you do, the more good times you will have. The more bad things you do, the more bad times will befall upon you. The only thing that keeps us from seeing this every day is time and that is mankind's greatest enemy. It is time that tricks us into making mistakes - time that encourages to do bad things.
When training a dog, you are told to give them a treat as soon as they sit so they know what they are being rewarded for. If you wait too long, they'll just think it's a free treat!
Well, we humans are much the same.
If you do something bad (such as push a person out of the way while walking down the hall at school), a time span immediately begins to create unconsciously in your mind.
If that person were to reach around and grab you by the collar and punch you, surely you'd know WHY that happened!
However, if they did nothing and went on about their business, you would eventually forget about it. Then a day or two down the road, you trip while walking home from school and twist your ankle. Your mind would have never once thought "OH! This happened because I pushed that person in the hall the other day!" No, you're going to think "Ugh! Why me?!?"
This, my friends, is a wonderful little thing called KARMA.
Now, when most people hear this word, they think of it as something negative, though that is not always the case!
Karma works in BOTH ways; good and bad!
I'm sure many of you have heard "What goes around, comes around."
Well, that pretty much sums up karma.
If you do something good, something good will happen to you.
If you do something bad, something bad will happen to you.
However, the effects are rarely immediate.
But if you remember this small lesson in this note, you will now remember NOT to let time deceive you and understand that every action has consequences and you never REALLY get away with anything.
If things are going badly in your life, try raising your karma. Go out and do some community service, provide a crying shoulder for another friend who's having a rough time, help a kitten out of a tree! Doing good things can do nothing but benefit you (and those around you) in the long-run.
The more good things you do, the more good times you will have. The more bad things you do, the more bad times will befall upon you. The only thing that keeps us from seeing this every day is time and that is mankind's greatest enemy. It is time that tricks us into making mistakes - time that encourages to do bad things.
When training a dog, you are told to give them a treat as soon as they sit so they know what they are being rewarded for. If you wait too long, they'll just think it's a free treat!
Well, we humans are much the same.
If you do something bad (such as push a person out of the way while walking down the hall at school), a time span immediately begins to create unconsciously in your mind.
If that person were to reach around and grab you by the collar and punch you, surely you'd know WHY that happened!
However, if they did nothing and went on about their business, you would eventually forget about it. Then a day or two down the road, you trip while walking home from school and twist your ankle. Your mind would have never once thought "OH! This happened because I pushed that person in the hall the other day!" No, you're going to think "Ugh! Why me?!?"
This, my friends, is a wonderful little thing called KARMA.
Now, when most people hear this word, they think of it as something negative, though that is not always the case!
Karma works in BOTH ways; good and bad!
I'm sure many of you have heard "What goes around, comes around."
Well, that pretty much sums up karma.
If you do something good, something good will happen to you.
If you do something bad, something bad will happen to you.
However, the effects are rarely immediate.
But if you remember this small lesson in this note, you will now remember NOT to let time deceive you and understand that every action has consequences and you never REALLY get away with anything.
If things are going badly in your life, try raising your karma. Go out and do some community service, provide a crying shoulder for another friend who's having a rough time, help a kitten out of a tree! Doing good things can do nothing but benefit you (and those around you) in the long-run.
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Date: 2012-08-15 03:15 am (UTC)My explanation...
We've all incarnated in this life to learn lessons from it. Karma is only one piece of the puzzle. You agreed before you came here to learn the lessons presented to you in life. Therefore they are necessary, and you are responsible for them, and how you handle them, and what you learn from them. You can't hate the people who do these things to you, because you had a discussion before this lifetime with them, and you mutually agreed that you needed this lesson and they agreed to create the circumstances necessary to teach it to you. They have to repay that karmic debt, but they also learn something FROM that debt. You didn't have to be mean or do something bad to earn it (though I do believe karma follows you through lifetimes), but you agreed that you needed to learn this lesson, so you signed up for it, in essence.
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Date: 2012-08-15 06:41 am (UTC)This post was more focused on just karma and this particular lifetime without delving much into religion; however, I believe everything you have said to be true.
Every moment in our lives presents a lesson to be learned. In fact, that is the very foundation of this very blog - me sharing the lessons I, myself, have learned throughout my life. I am thankful for everything that has happened to me in my life - both good and bad - for it has turned me into the person I am today.
Every day we have obstacles and with those obstacles comes the opportunity to grow weaker or stronger. Which we become is entirely up to us.
I, too, believe that everything in life is part of a greater plan - no matter who we believe created that plan (God, Allah, The Light, our own souls, etc.)