RESPONSE TO QUESTION ABOUT KARMA

Remember the 70's sitcom, "Maude?" One of her frequent lines was, "God will get you for that, Walter!"

Karma does not keep score and warehouse judgments as so many people do. It's nobody's business to discuss other people's karma, and it's damn childish to do so.

Karma cannot scare a person into having a loving disposition. Believing that it can leads to irreconcilable cognitive dissonance. As long as there's a club hanging over one's head, along with a directive to be loving or be clobbered, one will never know if their behavior is fear based or based on love. Sure, one can tell himself he'd be loving without the club, but the erosive doubt would remain.

People do a pretty good job of biting themselves in the butt, so karma doesn't need to bother with it.

The sun shines and storms rage at both the innocent and those less innocent. Actions or lack thereof, both positive and negative, have consequences. That's a natural thing that needs no intervention by the karma police. The Creator doesn't program tornadoes to pick and choose households based on the occupant's virtue.

I'm not denying the existence of karma, but for sure, it doesn't exist as a means of passing judgment on others. If we judge ourselves based on karma, it makes a bit more sense, but it can also be a distraction from issues that can be addressed in a simpler way. For example, allowing the gas tank to run dry leads to being stranded. Is that consequence karma, or a simple mistake that doesn't need morality baggage attached?

There are some very naughty people living in conditions that are as close to paradise as one can get on earth. There are some highly evolved and enlightened people living in poverty. I'm pretty sure if karma is involved in both of these situations, the naughty people will be receiving cosmic nudges in a positive direction, and the already enlightened people will simply enjoy an ever greater cosmic embrace.

Rather than think of karma as a potentially vindictive punisher, it's better to think of karma as a friend that guides us toward the experiences that will be of most benefit.

So, happy karma-ing all!