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Karma (pg. 2)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
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I'm kind of flattered you mixed me up with a native speaker :p |
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| kadomony |
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| Swamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The basic principle of karma is sound: if you punch everyone you ever meet in the face, you're going to get a lot of black eyes in your life, whereas if you shake their hand you're going to have a lot more friends. |
I've left a lot of deposits in the karma bank and it's time to withdraw some ...been collecting interest a while. :haha: :wtf: |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
I used to believe in karma, or at least my conception of it. Rationally, though, it's utter bull-. You can't deny that a lot of people, good people, get on their entire lives no matter what they do. Ergo, karma is ed.
Traditionally, though, karma is a reincarnation sort of thing, isn't it? |
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| Blake |
| quote: | Originally posted by kadomony
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Yeah, thought to bring this up as well. It's a bit more involved than what it's been reduced to in everyday conversation. |
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| Swamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights
I used to believe in karma, or at least my conception of it. Rationally, though, it's utter bull-. You can't deny that a lot of people, good people, get on their entire lives no matter what they do. Ergo, karma is ed.
Traditionally, though, karma is a reincarnation sort of thing, isn't it? |
I think a large part of it comes from the social/work circle you find yourself in. Some people feel 'trapped' by this and as such are at the whim of the 'group' influence. You have to break free from the s and the leeches to have some sort of freedom to do what you want to do without the (often) demoralizing opinions of the haters (who are often just jealous (douchebags)). |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights
Traditionally, though, karma is a reincarnation sort of thing, isn't it? |
Not really.
Karma can influence your next incarnation (or the cessation thereof), but that's about it. Depending on the tradition you just need to avoid bad karma in order to avoid spiritual demotion of some sort. In others, you need to avoid all karma, so even good karma because undesirable. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
I've left a lot of deposits in the sperm bank and it's time to withdraw some |
:wtf: |
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| DJ NyX |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The basic principle of karma is sound: if you punch everyone you ever meet in the face, you're going to get a lot of black eyes in your life, whereas if you shake their hand you're going to have a lot more friends. The whole metaphysical framework is obviously nonsense, though. |
^this. another way of saying it would be "you reap what you sow" |
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| dj_alfi |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake
Yeah, thought to bring this up as well. It's a bit more involved than what it's been reduced to in everyday conversation. |
Agreeable. I think most people don't really know anything about karma, at all, and has disregarded it as religious superstition, when in reality, only a small portion of religions that incorporate a karma system by name, think is has anything to do with a supreme being/god/whatnot ie. Vedanta hinduists. In nearly all other religions it's a cause&effect theory explained by a reap what you sow-rhetoric. And then you have your jainists though, who put a whole different meaning on the word entirely, but that's for another thread...
also no thread about karma is complete without these
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| Silky Johnson |
| No, but I definitely believe "you reap what you sow". |
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| Swamper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Pie
No, but I definitely believe "you reap what you sow". |
I knew you were a sow reaper all along |
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