Does the idea of karma affect the decisions you make?

I dont necessarily "believe" in karma as such, but i think about 90% of the nice or good-natured things i do are motivated by me wanting to avoid bad stuff happening to me. I dont think that me doing something wrong or cruel will result in a direct consequence, for example, but i like to think that having a bad week or being in a bad situation is usually the result of my own actions, which in a round about way, is sort of the same thing as karma.

The moodiest, saddest people i'm aware of are mostly jerks in their day-to-day lives, and i think there's a reason for that. :P

The moodiest, saddest people i'm aware of are mostly jerks in their day-to-day lives, and i think there's a reason for that. :P

Ninja-Hippo

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The moodiest, saddest people i'm aware of are mostly jerks in their day-to-day lives, and i think there's a reason for that. :P

xaos

[QUOTE="Ninja-Hippo"]

The moodiest, saddest people i'm aware of are mostly jerks in their day-to-day lives, and i think there's a reason for that. :P

xaos

I am not a believer of karma. Not much anyways, I prefer "What goes around comes around". tzar3

[QUOTE="tzar3"]I am not a believer of karma. Not much anyways, I prefer "What goes around comes around". Ninja-Hippo

Yeah I know. St00pid me. :P

Only in Fallout 3 :D.chessmaster1989

Sort of. I don't believe in karma in the sense of the universe itself punishing or rewarding you for your deeds, but I certainly believe in karma in that the attitude and treatment you give to others tends to be returned in kind.GabuEx

Sort of. I don't believe in karma in the sense of the universe itself punishing or rewarding you for your deeds, but I certainly believe in karma in that the attitude and treatment you give to others tends to be returned in kind.GabuEx

I don't believe in it but if I did then I would have bad Karma.

On a side note, some believers in karma can get very agitating. For example, my car was stolen but I haven't done anything bad recently. They always try and make karma the reason for everything.Parandrus

Yeah, I find the cosmic sense of karma to be borderline offensive, really, especially when one believes that one is being punished in this life for things one did in a past life - that just doesn't sit right with me at all.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]Sort of. I don't believe in karma in the sense of the universe itself punishing or rewarding you for your deeds, but I certainly believe in karma in that the attitude and treatment you give to others tends to be returned in kind.Ninja-Hippo

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The moodiest, saddest people i'm aware of are mostly jerks in their day-to-day lives, and i think there's a reason for that. :P

xaos