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What is Karma and How Does it Work?

All faiths advocate doing good to one another.  They all stress that bad and evil deeds reap bad and evil things.   The philosophy of karma is not only in Middle Eastern faiths, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, but has been incorporated into western religions as well, including Christianity and Judaism.  The “Golden Rule”, “Do unto Others as You Would Have them Do unto you”, is Karma at is simplest.

What is Karma?   Karma means action, generally taken as a term that comprises the entire cycle of cause and effect.  Karma is a sum of all that an individual has done, is currently doing, and will do.  So the theory is, if we do good deeds then we accumulate good karma, if we do evil deeds, it would stand to reason that we accumulate bad karma.  Karma also follows us through life, death and reincarnation as it is an energy attached to our very souls.  That is why in western culture when bad things happen to people; they often refer to them as having bad karma.  When you die, your karmatic energy stays with your soul, therefore when you are reincarnated your energy is reincarnated with you.  This karmatic energy can determine your ranking in society, culture and in fact in some beliefs it will determine what you come back as.

I believe in karma, I have seen it at work personally and I truly feel that it is a very real force at work in modern life.  I believe that karma not only follows you through your past lives, but has a direct cause and effect in this life.  How many times have you heard “what goes around comes around” or “let the fates handle that”?   The sayings are referring to karmatic energies. 

An example of bad karma that hit close to home was when a colleague of mine went through a very rough divorce.  The man whom she was divorcing was very possessive of her and their children.  At the time it seemed they were more belongings than human beings to him.  When she filed for divorce, for reasons I won’t go into, he accused her of being a drug addict, having affairs, and financially irresponsible, he was doing his best to try and get the courts to take away her children.  None of these things were true, but due to his anger he didn’t care, she was taking away what belonged to him and he was going to use whatever measures he could to punish her.

Now let’s advance the story in time.   Once it was all said and done, she did not lose custody, in fact the courts found unanimously in her favor, and the bond between she and her children is even stronger today because of it.  She has a new husband and family, and is extremely happy.  Life is good for her.  Is she reaping the rewards of good karma?

He on the other hand, who accused her of having affairs, it turns out was in fact the one who was seeing someone else on the side.  The woman he was seeing was still married.   This woman however got pregnant by him, which of course caused her own divorce.  He did do the right thing by her though, and they got married.  Now he is in what is described, by most who know him, as an unhappy marriage.  His step children have had drug and/or alcohol problems.  His wife is an alcoholic and according to him is financially bleeding him dry.  Now would you call this the rewards of bad karma? 

Look around you, every day you will see signs of karma in humanity.  Those people who have led good and charitable lives, who although they are not monetarily blessed, seem to have everything they want from life.  They are happy, their families are all around them and they have peace and love, they have good karma.  Now look at those people who have all the monetary blessings you could imagine, yet they are miserable.  Why is that?  Could it be the way they came about their fortune?  Could it be that the negative karma associated with the acquisition of wealth is making them miserable?  Again look at how some people are just basically happy and things seem to, more often than naught, go their way.  Where others are miserable and have a dark cloud constantly hanging over their heads, you just wait to see what misfortune will come their way next.  Is this the direct result of good and bad karma in a past life?

Since karma is intangible, it is something we will never be able to prove or disprove.  We can either believe in it or not.  This is what Enhanced Faith is all about, the coming together of all beliefs.  Where “Believing is the Key”.

Do you have any examples in your life of karma?  Do you believe?  If so, come join  us at EnhancedFaith.com

Jo Phelps