Aug 20, 2006 01:18
(Karman, Sanskrit) This is a noun-form coming from the root kri meaning "to do," "to make." Literally karma means "doing," "making," action. But when used in a philosophical sense, it has a technical meaning, and this technical meaning can best be translated into English by the word consequence. The idea is this: When an entity acts, he acts from within; he acts through an expenditure in greater or less degree of his own native energy. This expenditure of energy, this outflowing of energy, as it impacts upon the surrounding milieu, the nature around us, brings forth from the latter perhaps an instantaneous or perhaps a delayed reaction or rebound. Nature, in other words, reacts against the impact; and the combination of these two -- of energy acting upon nature and nature reacting against the impact of that energy -- is what is called karma, being a combination of the two factors. Karma is, in other words, essentially a chain of causation, stretching back into the infinity of the past and therefore necessarily destined to stretch into the infinity of the future. It is unescapable, because it is in universal nature, which is infinite and therefore everywhere and timeless; and sooner or later the reaction will inevitably be felt by the entity which aroused it.
Just thinking about karma, cause what you do comes back to haunt you, and everything does have a consequence. i wonder how i impacted my future by doing some of the things i have done in my past. i know its not all bad, maybe some of the things that i have done which are good have affected my future in a postive way.
i hope so. but even if you try to be the best person you can be, which i hope everyone does shoot for, your life isnt set perfect. no ones is. no matter how good you do you can be struck with bad luck.. it goes the same with people who do bad things, they can be blessed with good fortune or whatever else thats considered good.
i think i believe in karma, and the whole idea of it, but then i take luck into consideration. some people are just blessed with more luck than others. which i think is not fair sometimes, some people should not be blessed with as much luck as they have because of their poor personality. but is it because they were born lucky, their personality sours? maybe having bad luck humbles you and makes you a better person. perhaps.. its a thought.
i just try to be the best person i can be... i try to eliminate anything redundant in my life. mostly i try to be nice to everyone, but not in a fake way where if i dont like you ill act like your my best friend. if i dont like you i wont make it super apperant that i do. but i wont go out of my way to talk to you or anything. i hope it goes the same for people who dont like me. i rather know if someone doesnt like me because frankly, fake people suck. just be straight up and honest about things. dont go around pretending to be or act a certain way when you know its not true.
i think im a average lucky person. which i think is true for most of the world. but then you can tell who is luckier than others.. and who deserves some luck in their life. i wouldnt want to be super lucky, or unlucky. i rather be average that way luck does not play a big role in my life. its an even playing field.