Is Karma real?

Jive Turkey · July 15, 2017, 02:41:21 AM

I believe the universe gives you whatever you put out

I can take advantage of so many people/things thanks to my looks social status money influence, all without any obvious repercussions. However I don't because it makes me feel icky and also I notice when I give out lots of positivity and love I tend to receive more of it, likewise with negativity/hate/manipulation.

July 15, 2017, 02:44:10 AM

If someone needs the promise of a karmic fairness or divine reward to stay good, then that person is a piece of shit

also no

Jive Turkey · July 15, 2017, 02:46:29 AM

Quote from: SecondClass on July 15, 2017, 02:44:10 AM

If someone needs the promise of a karmic fairness or divine reward to stay good, then that person is a piece of shit

also no

Why is that person a piece of shit for wanting a reward to stay good? Are they more or less of a piece of shit than people who purposely do bad things?

July 15, 2017, 02:48:35 AM

Quote from: Jive Turkey on July 15, 2017, 02:46:29 AM

Quote from: SecondClass on July 15, 2017, 02:44:10 AM
If someone needs the promise of a karmic fairness or divine reward to stay good, then that person is a piece of shit

also no
Why is that person a piece of shit for wanting a reward to stay good? Are they more or less of a piece of shit than people who purposely do bad things?

You do a good act because it's good. That's what makes you good. If you're only doing good things with the expectation of getting something from it, then it's not altruism - it's a trade.

Verbatim · July 15, 2017, 02:57:49 AM

No

there are millions of good people living on the streets right now, and a lot of them just die—meanwhile, some of the most morally repugnant people you could ever meet are billionaires, and they live out their whole lives as such

where's the karma there

it's always nice when people get what they deserve, but it simply doesn't always happen

True Turquoise · July 15, 2017, 03:00:43 AM

I dont think so

Jono · July 15, 2017, 03:01:15 AM

Nah lmao

Zonda · July 15, 2017, 01:07:46 PM

She can be as real as you want for $150

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · July 15, 2017, 01:13:13 PM

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XSEAN · July 15, 2017, 08:05:43 PM

I think FMA said it the best.

Human kind can not gain anything without first giving something in return.

DAS B00T x2 · July 15, 2017, 08:08:28 PM

Nah fam. There ain't no mystic force that reacts to our deeds in the way that people like to think karma does.

challengerX · July 15, 2017, 08:09:51 PM

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Aether · July 15, 2017, 11:06:02 PM

Karma is more the consequence of your action than it is some divine force serving justice. Everything you do affects the world around you ergo you must experience the effects of your actions. If you create suffering then you will inevitably suffer more.

The meaning of it has been warped in the west to be some mystical thing that punishes people for having ill will or harming others.

Really it's just action and reaction interpreted in a more spiritual sense; the idea that you must have good karma (which is to live and act in a way that minimizes the suffering you create) to achieve freedom from suffering.

MyNameIsCharlie · July 15, 2017, 11:45:40 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on July 15, 2017, 08:08:28 PM

Nah fam. There ain't no mystic force that reacts to our deeds in the way that people like to think karma does.

You get by on simple tricks and nonsense?

July 16, 2017, 12:18:30 AM

Zonda · July 16, 2017, 12:58:30 AM

Quote from: ねこ on July 15, 2017, 01:13:13 PM

Quote from: Zonda on July 15, 2017, 01:07:46 PM
She can be as real as you want for $150
Well she needs to get real, 150 dollarydoos for that flat cracka ass?! Nah nigga she best lower that price

bruh karma thicc af she just gives you the 7 year itch and catches feelings at the drop of a hat

DAS B00T x2 · July 16, 2017, 07:12:17 AM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on July 15, 2017, 11:45:40 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on July 15, 2017, 08:08:28 PM
Nah fam. There ain't no mystic force that reacts to our deeds in the way that people like to think karma does.

You get by on simple tricks and nonsense?

Yeah. Old superstition ain't nothing compared to a good blaster on your side. 'Cause I'm a man without conviction, a man who doesn't know how to sell a contradiction.

Naru · July 16, 2017, 07:46:20 AM

Turkey · July 16, 2017, 09:09:38 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on July 15, 2017, 02:57:49 AM

there are millions of good people living on the streets right now, and a lot of them just die—meanwhile, some of the most morally repugnant people you could ever meet are billionaires, and they live out their whole lives as such

where's the karma there

You can't look at a person's current existence and draw a conclusion about the state of their karma. Karma encompasses all of their past and future existences. A homeless beggar living in squalor may be in that state because he was a morally repugnant billionaire previously.

Of course, that's all metaphysical bullshit. No, karma isn't real and if it was, the deterministic nature of the universe would make it uniquely cruel relative to other systems of belief.

Verbatim · July 16, 2017, 09:15:56 AM

Quote from: WarTurkey on July 16, 2017, 09:09:38 AM

You can't look at a person's current existence and draw a conclusion about the state of their karma. Karma encompasses all of their past and future existences. A homeless beggar living in squalor may be in that state because he was a morally repugnant billionaire previously.

then let's say he wasn't, because face it

most aren't

you may have taken my intentionally vague and tenuous example a little bit more seriously than i had intended it to be taken, but i don't think it would've taken much imagination to fill in the necessary blanks

MarKhan · July 16, 2017, 09:16:49 AM

Ahahahaha, do you think if I knew a background mechanism of this world I would ever tell anyone a key to it? And no, karma isn`t real.

Verbatim · July 16, 2017, 09:21:43 AM

is it a stretch to say that there have been loads of virtuous people who have given a raw deal throughout their entire lives

i think not

some people die minutes after they're born

and what about animals? where is their karmic retribution?

they don't matter, right

Elai · July 16, 2017, 11:46:21 AM

yeah man just make sure you get her before defalco reaches his plane. you need her to get the true ending.

Dan · July 16, 2017, 11:56:37 AM

What Aether said

The meaning of Karma has been highly corrupted particularly by the new age community.