“They call it Karma but it’s logical, you get what you give”
Karma? Who is that?
Karma, a beautiful name, isn’t it or maybe not? Is it a name you would consider giving to your child? Alright, maybe I am stretching it. Since most people generally consult the dictionary prior to naming their children these days, I will do likewise with Karma. According to the dictionary Karma is, “the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person’s existence, regarded as determining the person’s destiny.” Confused? Me too. Simply put, it’s a spiritual law defined as a set of consequences one experiences as a result of their past actions, it can be good or bad. After reading this definition you are probably dead bent on not naming your child karma, likewise sentiments.
But it’s interesting though how powerful this word is, and the funny thing is there are no scientific substantiations to it. How do we know it exists? Is this an acculturated phenomenon that we have simply accepted? Similarly, the universal golden rule or ethics of reciprocity as it is also called, instructs us to treat others the way we would like to be treated, but can one scientifically explain the consequences of adhering or not adhering to the above mentioned ethics? I feel as if I am asking too many questions, so here is my rendition of Karma.
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Golden
I grew up with the golden rule, if you desire good, you must do good. Simple. I am sure others, the world over, have at some point in their lives come across some form of the golden rule in whatever language they speak. So one way or the other we are aware of it. I know I am, and that’s the premise on which I try to live my life, TRY. Sometimes we may slip up and fall; sometimes that one person deceived or betrayed you without reason and you searched relentlessly for retribution. Fortunately, some of us possess the ability to forget about it and allow time to seek its own reprisal.
Rule
As the saying goes, “time is the master.” The problem is sometimes the master takes too long, and we take matters into our own hands. I usually allow time to take its course; it will bring all things to light that were being done in the dark. Remember Karma? She has an intimate relationship with time, they are so well suited for each other that all you really have to do is to continue doing good and they (karma and time) will give that individual what they deserve. Probably instead of Bonnie and Clyde, they should say Karma and Time. (Smiles) Ok, ok, ok, probably not.
Karma
Another unexplainable thing about life is that sometimes bad things happen to good people, why? I wish I could provide the answer but I am equally as clueless as you are. Is this Karma too or just an unlucky individual? What did they do to deserve it? Is life trying to teach them a lesson? But if you are good, why would life want to teach you a lesson? Well my response to this is that sometimes karma doesn’t directly pay the doer, but maybe someone closely related, like their child, their grandchild. Thus that unlucky person may be the result of what their parent(s)/relative(s) have done.
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This can be even far more painful than if the doer was the one experiencing the outcome of their past actions. You may have heard someone say “In my past life I must have been really bad because nothing seems to work in this one.” It appears as if karma is inescapable. It will catch you one way or the other. In one life or the other. And that’s exactly what they say, you can’t escape it, somehow if not in this life, it will find you in another. So People who lie and deceive should remember it’s a small world, with strange coincidences and Karma and Time is ceaselessly working collaboratively to serve up an order only you deserve.
Inescapable
Live in a Positive Manner
Your best bet? Well, to live a life that is as positive as it can possibly be, especially when you have children. I have seen the way people behave and treat other people so bad not remembering that the same can befall their children. Here is an example for you. I once worked at a department store and the managers were so cruel. If you challenge them even in the slightest of ways they would become so vindictive. Often their vindictiveness would cause the staff to back-off and not follow-up with further challenges. Somehow despite having a sharp tongue, I managed to stay off their radar. (lol)
Live and Let Live
However one day, they decided to mess with the wrong lady. She is a single mother. Relentlessly, they made her life hell and with the same relentlessness, she did not back down. They even purposely cut her hours to make sure she does not earn much. When anyone called in sick or cancel their shift, despite her listing her name to be contacted, they would not call her. There were certain policies that we have to adhere to in the store, everyone would dismiss them but when she did, there would be consequences. Others would go unscathed. Think that’s it? Nope. Believe me, I have only given you the tip of the iceberg. She was eventually fired one night at the end of her shift, albeit in a wrongful manner by one of the managers.
At the end of the day: What Goes Around Comes Around
Subsequently following her dismissal, that same manager’s husband filed for separation/divorce from her. So she too was now a new member of single mother club. While she forced someone away, someone willingly walks out of her life. Someone she loved, someone she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. After that, Her mood completely changed. Instead of being happy that she has gotten rid of this person that she worked feverishly to get rid of, she wasn’t able to because she was met with her own hell. Life has a way of paying you back. Sometimes it happens right away, sometimes not and sometimes you sit and wonder if it will ever happen. But it will, karma never disappoints. Let’s hope no one threatens her job as she is now faced with single motherhood. So friends, treat people well, if you can’t just leave them alone and let them be. Until next time keep calm and blog on.
