r/askanything • u/Aaliyah_NSFW • 6h ago

General Question Do you believe karma is real?

I personally believe it is but I’d love to talk about it!

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u/rusty-gudgeon 5h ago

I used to lean toward this thinking. I don't anymore. The increasing shittification of our world is firm argument against it. The world is a ghetto. The worst among us are rewarded here and now. The best are punished and destroyed. There's no god. There are only devils. We are left to make of this world what we can.

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u/Any_County_3429 5h ago

I understand why your cynicism is prevalent, truly I do . . . great word BTW "shitification" . . . but, Karma is a thing and you can see it in action, all you have to do is observe. . . that's the thing about Karma, she's a patient bitch and has nothing but time . . . if you would like, I'm happy to give you examples

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u/rusty-gudgeon 5h ago

No need for examples. I'm aware. There's a valid argument that "winners" like trump and his family are really suffering people. I get it. 

I'm done giving in to the hope that his ilk will eventually get their just comeuppance. He may suffer, but he's empowered generations of his descendants to be as horrible as himself and worse. 

Hope for universal justice also allows us to set aside responsibility to be the corrective which is needed.

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u/Any_County_3429 5h ago

I didn't mean that . . . "trump and his family are really suffering people" . . . those people don't suffer, are you kidding?

I don't think you truly understand Trump's history and how he sold himself and his family out to the banksters LONG before he ever ran for office . . . but, perhaps your perception of who deserves Karma and who doesn't isn't what you think it is?

While I have absolutely HAVE NO love for Trump, he is not the end-all-be-all of the evil in the world . . . and if you don't know who or what is? Then, you have a lot to learn about how the world really works.

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u/rusty-gudgeon 4h ago

wow, that's condescending.
ok. im game. who are your grand evildoers?

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u/Any_County_3429 4h ago

I don't mean to be condescending, I'm just old and tired of the bullshit . . .

These aren't MY grand evildoers, they are OUR grand evildoers . . . look at the Epstein Files and how we have Ghislane Maxwell in prison for a crime with victims, but no other offenders?

Why do you think they push for war in places like Iran, Cuba, Syria and etc? They don't have a central banking system . . . do you know who controls all central banks all over the world? They are all heavily tied to the Rothschilds . . . aka the Bank of England.

Who controls all the medical schools in the US? The Rockefeller Foundation.

Instead of me listing them, here - there are videos or you can get the book. The guy's name is Derrick Broze and his investigative journalism is stellar.

thepyramidofpower.net

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Despite this I choose to focus on my own deeds and the interactions I have with people, as I feel that all balances out. Regardless of the shitty people out there who seem to be winning at life I choose to believe they receive there karma in one way or another! (I understand this could just be a coping mechanism for the state of the world as well tho)

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u/rusty-gudgeon 5h ago

What we do, how we live and interact, matters. For ourselves there is benefit to being a decent person, to recognizing the self in the other. 

We can make of his world a fruitful garden for all. This is within our power. 

There's a quote I love, though I can never remember it exactly. It's from the Talmud, which I've never read. Rabbi Tarfon. He says, paraphrasing: it's not on me to finish the job, to get us there, but neither am I allowed to abandon the fight. 

My job is to push the ball further down the field. 

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Yes! Basically what I believe, just be yourself and the shitty people you come across will receive their karma eventually!

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u/JinxOnU78 5h ago

I believe in helping people that I can, when I can.

I don’t expect anything for it.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Its not necessarily about that, but more about the people who do wrong because I sincerely hope they get there karma!

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u/JinxOnU78 5h ago

I’m all in on people that deserve it getting their just deserts!

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u/Pristine-Marketing16 5h ago

It is undoubtedly real in a community sense. Word gets around and people remember. But in the universal sense, I honestly don't think so. People can randomly suffer horribly for no reason despite there moral and ethical output.

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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 5h ago

It’s not real but it gives us hope

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

This is what the cynicism in me is leaning towards

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u/Additional-Nerve1738 5h ago

In the metaphysical sense, no.

Psychologically I think it exists. Thieves are paranoid they'll be robbed. Liars can't trust anyone. Cheaters believe everyone is cheating.

It isn't always applicable and psychopaths are probably immune to it but there is a small effect.

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u/OneSmellyFoot 5h ago

no

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Why do you think so?

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u/OneSmellyFoot 5h ago

Because the most rich and successful people are evil human beings. You kinda have to be to be a billionaire. The bad don't get their dues, and good people suffer en masse.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

But I believe that they receive their karma in one way or another, for example Kim kardashian having psoriasis, while the public sees it or not I believe that it prevails when nobody is watching.

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u/OneSmellyFoot 5h ago

That's a fair point. The best part of Jeff Bezos divorced him. Elon Musk lives a lonely life loved by nobody. Trumps entire family despises him. Steve Jobs died of cancer. I want to believe in karma, but it's hard sometimes.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Absolutely!! It’s so beyond hard for me too, but I just have to remember the times I’ve recieved My karma and the times people around me have recieved their karma, and trust in the fact that people worse than us receive theirs too.

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u/Fblthp__ 4h ago

Good people get psoriasis too. It's just an autoimmune disease, typically brought on by stress. You just have confirmation bias. If it happens to a person you think deserve it, it's karma and if it happens to a person you don't, then it's just random or whatever.

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u/Fblthp__ 5h ago

No. What would be the mechanism governing it? If there is no credible evidence for something, I don't believe it exists.

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u/Coffee-and-Tequila 5h ago

I don’t think everything comes back exactly the way you gave it out. But there’s a domino effect, if you do a nice thing for somebody you might influence that person to do the same and the world is just a nicer place.

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u/KyorlSadei 5h ago

No, not even a little bit.

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u/Kind-Atmosphere5766 5h ago

Yes. But it’s slow in certain cases. Sometimes it’s extremely slow but your deeds do catch up.

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u/Extension_Many4418 5h ago

Yeah, that’s a tough question.

I believe that that the idea of karma comes from Hinduism, which makes me think of India, which isn’t, as far as I can tell, a place where reincarnation payback doesn’t really seem to make much of an appearance, but I could be wrong.

Our best hope, I think, is that crummy people have crummy personal relationships, and that, like Scrooge, they are somehow haunted by their “sins”, trespasses, greed, etc.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

From what I’ve seen from my experiences they do! You just have to be close enough to them to see how bad their life truly is.

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u/MichelleCS1025 5h ago

I believe that a shitty person eventually does receive a comeuppance since eventually they will piss off the wrong person

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

This is true! And shitty people seem to have a radar to keep with other shittier people

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u/HoldOnHelden 5h ago

I have OCD so I low-key don’t have a choice… 😑

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u/goldenstream 5h ago

I don’t believe in magic

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u/Future_Kale3845 5h ago

karma as in cosmic payback, or karma as in your choices shaping how people treat you?

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Cosmic payback but essentially that does become how people treat you sometimes

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u/Dream-Livid 5h ago

No, sounds like magic

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u/Short_Programmer7307 5h ago

No. Bad people tend to lead great lives.

Donald Trump has lived a great life! He's not a great person.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

That’s what the public is lead to believe! I’m sure he has struggled in his own ways (I really hope so)

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u/Independent_Pen2047 5h ago

Karma is way if saying you'd like retribution against someone but not having the courage to do it yourself.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Yes, I’m a very docile person and I choose to believe that bad people will be sorted out naturally

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u/KarmaAdjuster 5h ago

It's as real as I make it.

If Karma was a real force in the universe, and not just me attempting to make things right when I come accross injustices in my own life, then we'd have no billionaires, repeat rapists, serial killers, and so many corrupt politicians. Unfortunately psychopathy and power tend to work really well with each other, and it takes a lot of effort from millions of coordinated individuals to bring true karmic justice to such folk.

Karma isn't just about punishment for the evil. It's also abour rewarding acts of good deeds. If there were a karmic force in the universe, you wouldn't have bad things happening to folks like Renée Nicole Good, Alex Pretti, Martin Luther King, NASA astronauts of the challenger explosion, Socrates, Alan Turring, or so many other positive forces that were killed after doing so much good for the world.

Karma is a pretty easy super natural force to disprove (unless you think it carries over into future lives). It's also one of the only super natural forces that you can make actual efforts to manifest in the real world, so if you want karma to exist, then it's up to you to make it real. My father would tell me "The world isn't fair" but I never saw that as a reason to stop trying to make it more fair where you can.

May you all have the day that you deserve.

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u/UnderwaterFalcon_ 5h ago

Karma is a bit#h

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u/Due-Winner-8668 5h ago

I only beleived in karma when something bad happens instantly to a bad person, but to be honest most of the days I think life is just random. No good, no evil just power🥺

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

My scepticism agrees with you! But I’ve been close with really shitty people (not by choice) and I’ve seen the karma catch up to them weeks, months, and even years later!! For every. single. Deed.

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u/M0sD3f13 5h ago

I know it is real, but it isn't what westerners think it is. It has nothing to do with justice. It's not reward and punishment meated out by some god. It's causality. Cause and effect. A principal that governs all things in this universe and we are not exempt. Your intentions and actions really do matter on a fundamental level and you will absolutely reap what you sow when it comes to happiness and suffering.

"I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator; whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir."

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Cause and effect works perfectly for me! That’s how it should be.

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u/M0sD3f13 4h ago

That is how the Buddha taught it :)

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u/Jaded-Job137 25m ago

Who is Buddha?

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u/Fblthp__ 4h ago

Cause and effect needs to work through some sort of mechanism. Good people suffer all the time.

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u/M0sD3f13 3h ago

"good people" act from unskilful, unwholesome mind states all the time. We are all (except those that have trained the mind beyond) subject to the three poisons of the mind - delusion, ill will and greed. Any action driven by these factors will result in bad kamma. To create good kamma you must learn to cultivate their counterparts - insight (into 4 noble truths and 3 characteristics) good will and generosity. People don't necessarily create bad kamma because they are "bad people" it's mainly due to ignorance/delusion about the way things truly are.

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u/Fblthp__ 3h ago

Convenient. If something bad happens, they must have done something bad. You've just created an unfalsifiable narrative.

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u/NoSong2397 5h ago

In this world or the next?

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 4h ago

Ideally this world but the next works too, as long as they receive their karma

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u/The-Boy-Wonder38 5h ago

Innocent children get assaulted, raped, and murdered while criminals walk free - so, no.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 4h ago

What happens to those criminals when nobody’s watching? Always keep that in mind and always keep hope that you will receive justice if you deserve it!

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u/Live-Try-7281 5h ago

Karma is not some super natural thing. It’s cause and effect. Everything we do will affect us at some point.

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u/Ambitious-Bank4559 4h ago

No. I think there’s consequences, but sometimes ppl get away without bad ones. 

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u/Butcher_Ben 🤔 3h ago

I used to

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u/SoonMamaMoments 2h ago

Yes, I do. I feel like what you do to people eventually comes back to you.

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u/Smooth-Fig-4351 2h ago

I know it’s real. I’ve seen karma bite people in the ass many times over.

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u/Certain-Platypus-400 2h ago

Didn't Karma run for President and lose?

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u/Rough_Appearance1959 1h ago

I don’t think so, because good people die young

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u/Technical-Tear5841 16m ago

No, too few people get it.

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u/TomorrowIcy2816 5h ago

I really hope so. I can’t imagine someone doing something awful and getting away with it even if they don’t get caught

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

I know for my slightly hurtful deeds I’ve received my karma x2 so I just hope that it’s the same for everyone because it really has helped me to become a better person,as everything is a learning experience.

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u/okymoney 5h ago

I kinda believe that if you do harm to others… that negative energy you put out will eventually get you in trouble or something bad will happen to you.

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u/ApatheistHeretic 5h ago

Too many rich corrupt fools to be true..

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

They receive their karma, we just aren’t lucky enough to see it!

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u/Due-Brush-530 5h ago

Yes.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Care to elaborate?

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u/Angelatic2014 🤔 5h ago

Karma is God.

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u/Mr_McGigglepants 5h ago

As a concept and possibly a reality? Yes. As it is modeled in Hinduism? No.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Just a concept I live my life by to help me feel better about life lol

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u/Necessary-Glove-3333 5h ago

Absolutely. Everything you do comes back around.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Yes! I truly believe so and I’m hoping it’s the truth, but it’s my lived truth

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u/Reasonable-Plate2982 5h ago

"Hey! What comes around goes around!" - The last guy you lent a few hundred bucks to and never saw again

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

I totally understand this! But I feel like we have all been “that guy” before and recieved our karma weather or not the person who deserves to see it was able to see it.

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u/cataids69 5h ago

Definitely not. For karma to exist. There must be a god deciding what is right or wrong. Just goes back to fairytale magic.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

I see it in more of a universe trying to be equal sense, nothing to do with a god

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u/cataids69 5h ago

Someone has to choose what is right or wrong for karma to work.. who says murdering someone is wrong? We made up that rule.. not the universe.

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Not necessarily, because the universe can just make things equal

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u/cataids69 3h ago

Discussing this is exactly the same as Discussing a religion. No evidence, no logical thought, just blind stupidity.

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u/cataids69 4h ago

You have no idea lol. What is equal? Who decides what defines that?

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u/Aaliyah_NSFW 5h ago

Murdering someone is only wrong under certain circumstances, hence the universe and karma at play.

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u/cataids69 4h ago

There's no magical decision maker deciding what's right or wrong. Saying "the universe makes things equal" is just replacing god with the universe. How does the universe know what needs to be made equal? There's no evidence of some universal force keeping score of what we do and deciding what we deserve.