Karma

xzanti

Do you beleive in Karma? i.e. What goes around comes around... Do onto others as you would have done onto you etc etc.... ??

I do anyway.. drives me bananas sometimes tbh.. :rolleyes:

Kinetic^

xzanti wrote:

Do you beleive in Karma? i.e. What goes around comes around... Do onto others as you would have done onto you etc etc.... ??

I do anyway.. drives me bananas sometimes tbh.. :rolleyes:

TBH, I'm not really a religious person (joke)

Anyway, I'm not a firm believer in it but I do like to see all those people selling drugs going to jail as I think they are the scum of the earth.

I wouldn't be living from day to day worrying about Karma, if something I did that was to come back & bite me in the ass then i wouldn't start analysing my every move in case I did something.

Archeron

100% yes. In my experience, what goes around ALWAYS comes around.

Sleepy

Nope, look at how most rich people got that way: by screwing over others.

I think that in a small community it can certainly appear to exist as there's nothing mystical to it, just human nature. On a grander scale though, it's not very evident.

Mossy Monk

if only karma worked like it does on My Name Is Earl, then we'd all be really nice people

Binomate

xzanti wrote:

Do you beleive in Karma? i.e. What goes around comes around... Do onto others as you would have done onto you etc etc.... ??

I do anyway.. drives me bananas sometimes tbh.. :rolleyes:

Hitler killed 6 million people. He only got killed once. That's hardly a fair deal.

monkeyfudge

I'm good to other people and treat them with respect not out of fear of some flakey mysticism... but because it's a decent human thing to do.

December Son

Binomate wrote:

Hitler killed 6 million people. He only got killed once. That's hardly a fair deal.

Yeah but he didnt kill them personally, so it kind of evens out

Binomate

December Son wrote:

Yeah but he didnt kill them personally, so it kind of evens out

Well then it's not counted. Hitler was innocent! :v:

ErinGoBrath

Last year I was in possession of two Champions League final tickets. As an Arsenal fan these were useless to me, instead I needed tickets for the FA Cup final.

Both tickets were like golddust and could be touted for extortionate amounts. I considered touting the CL tickets to counterbalance the price I'd pay for the FA Cup tickets of a tout (STG£300 each).

In the end I decided to give my tickets to a friend of a friend who was an avid Liverpool fan at face value. He was delighted and I felt like I had done a good deed.

Next day, I get a random call from one of the lads in the supporters club informing me that someone in the Welsh FA had returned two tickets and they were mine if I wanted them. Very happy moment :cool:

So do I believe in karma? After that, yes.

MrJoeSoap

^Nice Example Erin. I don't strictly believe in it, but as a rough concept it kinda makes sense.

joejoem

Yes, all the way. Of course sometimes I try to give Karma a nudge in the right direction too.

MorningStar

I think you can join karma and guilt together. If you feel you did wrong it will eventually eat some part of you. Empathy comes into it then when you can relate to somebody in that situation you caused.

Basically karma is at least a way to surmise how doing bad things makes you feel and why you shouldn't do it.

JUst like heaven is a way to think you will get peace from all the stuff in life.

I beleive in karam but not a magical force and justice just a way to live. WE can make heaven on earth if we all do the right thing.

xzanti

joejoem wrote:

Yes, all the way. Of course sometimes I try to give Karma a nudge in the right direction too.

And how may I ask do you do that then?

joejoem

xzanti wrote:

And how may I ask do you do that then?

Well it would depend on the situation, but if I'm in control of a situation where I know a person is deserved of something or perhaps undeserved I would act/not act where I have the power to do so

Femelade

my name is Earl.

yeah i guess i believe in it....

xzanti

joejoem wrote:

Well it would depend on the situation, but if I'm in control of a situation where I know a person is deserved of something or perhaps undeserved I would act/not act where I have the power to do so

That makes sense




I think

joejoem

xzanti wrote:

That makes sense




I think

Lol, sorry I spent the morning reading about tax, why they cant simplify it is beyond me.

MorningStar

joejoem wrote:

Lol, sorry I spent the morning reading about tax, why they cant simplify it is beyond me.

Tax is pretty straight forward it is essentionally governement enforced karma in most cases. VRT and motor tax aren't for roads but for all the bad cars do.:D

Dave!

Binomate wrote:

Well then it's not counted. Hitler was innocent! :v:

lol

GODDAMN YOU KARMA!!!



Anywho, I don't really believe in it, but it's a nice idea.

Kinetic^

joejoem wrote:

Lol, sorry I spent the morning reading about tax, why they cant simplify it is beyond me.

It's easy peasy Joejoem

They make it simple for us accountants so we can make a few pennies

joejoem

MorningStar wrote:

Tax is pretty straight forward it is essentionally governement enforced karma in most cases. VRT and motor tax aren't for roads but for all the bad cars do.:D

I was reading about Stamp Duty and capital gains tax. *shudder*

MorningStar

joejoem wrote:

I was reading about Stamp Duty and capital gains tax. *shudder*

Pretty straight forward really you sell property the government take a cut. If you make money you give the government a cut.
To make you sick this guy is trying to avoid paying it all and get himself out of debit
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054887360

Now karma would kind of guide you to say he should take responsibility for his own debits and I think that is karmas real idea take responsibility and you will be rewarded.

joejoem

MorningStar wrote:

Pretty straight forward really you sell property the government take a cut. If you make money you give the government a cut.
To make you sick this guy is trying to avoid paying it all and get himself out of debit
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054887360

Now karma would kind of guide you to say he should take responsibility for his own debits and I think that is karmas real idea take responsibility and you will be rewarded.

Thats pretty ****e alright, chances are he will end up in worse debt in years to come.

I hope the government gets some sort of Karma for charging me Stamp Duty as a first time buyer. Different topic though.... I would love to get car tax and stamp duty into a barrel and shove them off a cliff

ronbyrne2005

its bull,no evidence other than anecdotal to beleive it.also how do we know whats good in a karma "system" (if one exists), people could theoretically be rewarded for doing morally "bad" things or bad things that happen could lead to good things in future ,i think its highly subjective notion and just wishfull thinking.my dogs a good fella,i wonder if his Karma is good??????

Goodshape

"Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म from the root kri, "to do", meaning deed) or Kamma (Pali: meaning action, effect, destiny) is a term in several eastern religions that comprises the entire cycle of cause and effect. Karma is a sum of all that an individual has done and is currently doing. The effects of those deeds actively create present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life. In religions that incorporate reincarnation, karma extends through one's present life and all past and future lives as well."

From Wikipedia.

Basically, what you have done and what you are doing determines where you are and where you will be. Doesn't sound that far-fetched to me tbh.

Siogfinsceal

im not religious but yeah I do believe in karma. Im not a very moralistic person either but for example I would rob a bank but not a person. I think a murderer is a criminal but I can understand someone who money launders etc. I can never do anything bad as I believe it will come back on me. Hoewver, If someone has done something bad to me - then I have no problem gettin grevenge. the way I see it my revenge is karma getting to them

phantom_lord

It's a nice thing to believe in. But I don't really thinks it works for real.

Goodshape

Siogfinsceal wrote:

Hoewver, If someone has done something bad to me - then I have no problem gettin grevenge. the way I see it my revenge is karma getting to them

aahhh.. but revenge is a 'bad thing'.. you would be subject to bad karma for carrying it out.

You could just as easily sit back all nice and smug knowing that whoever wronged you is, well, wrong. He has to live with that and the guilt itself is a manifestation of bad karma. It's not nice to live with a guilty conscience.

scuba steve

ya believe in it mostly

EOA_Mushy

Binomate wrote:

Hitler killed 6 million people. He only got killed once. That's hardly a fair deal.

yet how many years did the people he tried to raise to power suffer for....
just saying may no be a direct backlash at the perpatrator.