For the early Buddhists, karma was
non-linear. Other Indian schools believed that karma operated in a straight
line, with actions from the past influencing the present, and present actions
influencing the
future. As a result, they saw
little room for free will. Buddhists, however, saw that karma acts in feedback
loops, with the present moment being shaped both by past and by present actions;
present actions shape not only the future but also the present. This constant
opening for present input into the causal process makes free will possible.
Whether karma is to be considered
self-imposed depends on how you look at free will. True, any person can change
their karma at any time simply by changing their actions and responses.
However, this does not mean that they are able to do so. Individuals, because
of existing karma, are unable to take certain actions, or make certain
responses, that would renovate their karma in the future.
All actions that radically change karma are transcendent actions.
In order to change karma, you must first transcend
karma, and see it from the outside, as it were. We are all potentially capable
of doing this, because in addition to our ordinary consciousness, we have a
higher consciousness. Trouble is, that higher consciousness usually remains
mute, and seldom interferes with our physical lives. Running life from day to
day is left up to ordinary consciousness.
Any time higher consciousness
steps in and acts, our lives change radically and immediately, in what appears
to us to be a miraculous manner.
Excerpts from Bloggers:
"Agree - maybe not
instantly, but it happens.
People get what they give in
life. If you treat people horribly, you're going to get yours some day - and if
you treat me horribly, I can only hope I'm there to see you when you get yours
- because I want you to see my face and realize what you've done to me &
how it felt".
"The concept of karma (or
"what goes around comes around" or "you reap what you sow"
or however your philosophy du jour expresses it) is only generally true.
Evil exists, and continues to
exist, despite sowing a lot of bad karma. Cruel people are not always subjected
to cruelty. Catty people are not always the object of derision. It just doesn't
work out that way.”
“I believe that what goes around
increases the odds of what comes around being like itself (awkward, that). If
you are vicious, the odds are increased that you will tend to place yourself in
circumstances where you may be the victim of someone else's violence. But it is
not a given."
My View:-
I personally feel that keeping a
clean and guilt free conscience is the key in maintaining a healthy life.
Sometimes things affect us not in its
literal sense, an allegory in play. We do something wrong and over think it to
shreds, maybe physically we are not being derided for being evil but our subconscious
is killing us.
It ‘s just not worth it, try to
be in harmony with everyone around you and do not hurt people unnecessarily.
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