Quote Originally Posted by theforthdrive
so, if my life overall has been very unbalanced and it just happens to be negative... what is the cause and effect? Im not dilusional, there is no way my bad deeds in life equal the bad effects Ive had. furthermore, the love that Ive spread has never been repayed.... or balanced!


No this jason lee....in the earl show he talked about instant karma. He wins the lottery and is the hit by a drive the next moment! LOL!

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It's not so much about being rewarded and punished for deeds as just natural consequences. Karma is a law of action-reaction. Karma is the action. Vipaka reaction. It's an objective force, not one of justice like the Judeo-Christian God.

You don't have Karma, you make it. Karma is your action. What happens to you as a result is called something different.

If I take the blue pill I'll dance all night, the red one, pass out. If I choose Harvard, I'll experience a different future than if I chose Yale. If you screw someone over, likely the way they treat you in the future likely will be different than if you hadn't.

And as Melt pointed out, your deeds will effect who you become as a person. Bad habits are easy to develop if you're doing bad things. All of your own volition. No Supreme force behind it. It just Is. Like gravity.