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Do you believe in Karma?

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Rainydays321 · 19/02/2025 13:42

Or like my Mum used to say “ what comes around goes around!” I think its a fascinating topic and thought it would be fun to see if anyone have any examples of karna, do you believe that whatever energy you put out, it will come back to you? I know my SIL was particularly horrible to me and the advice I was given was “not to worry, the wheel turns” waiting on that wheel to turn 🤣 Any stories or examples?

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Honeyroar · 19/02/2025 14:13

No, I don’t believe it at all. Lots of lovely people have no end of shit happen to them while a lot of horrible people sail through a charmed life.

Cattery · 19/02/2025 14:10

I believe if you’ve treated people badly in the past karma will come for you. I’ve seen it happen

blobby10 · 19/02/2025 14:07

I was talking about this to my mum the other weekend, saying how I try to be kind and thoughtful, let people out in traffic, hold doors open etc and how I always hope that karma will be kind to me. That very afternoon I was in a local farm shop and there was a tasting stand for gin - I went to buy a miniature bottle (£4) but the card machine wouldn't work so the lady gave it to me ! Along with the other miniature she had opened for me to taste it Grin That must have been about 40 years of karma repaid in one afternoon Grin

ThePinkPowerRangers · 19/02/2025 14:07

No. Unfortunately people who seem to behave like twats and don’t care just continue doing so and nothing ever seems to happen.

It’s the rest of us that appear to have to ‘grow’ and learn a fucking life lesson that we didn’t need. 🙄

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Rainydays321 · 19/02/2025 13:59

McGregor33 · 19/02/2025 13:52

Not sure if it’s karma or coincidence, but one of the men I work with is a notorious cheat. Any new starts and he would be straight with them circling for new prey as we called it, whilst his poor pregnant wife was at home. His wife found out thankfully, he took a heart attack and ended up in a coma about 3 weeks after.

Another one, a guy cut in front of me to steal my parking space, even though I had right of way, looking very smug he walked towards the shop after parking. Our local supermarket will close one set of doors due to high winds, he walked straight into the glass door 😂👏🏻

This made me giggle 🤭

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Zusammengebrochen · 19/02/2025 13:52

Not karma as such but choices do have consequences.

McGregor33 · 19/02/2025 13:52

Not sure if it’s karma or coincidence, but one of the men I work with is a notorious cheat. Any new starts and he would be straight with them circling for new prey as we called it, whilst his poor pregnant wife was at home. His wife found out thankfully, he took a heart attack and ended up in a coma about 3 weeks after.

Another one, a guy cut in front of me to steal my parking space, even though I had right of way, looking very smug he walked towards the shop after parking. Our local supermarket will close one set of doors due to high winds, he walked straight into the glass door 😂👏🏻

Adelstrop · 19/02/2025 13:50

Sadly no. Life in not always just. At the moment I have a little fantasy that Trump, Musk, Farage and Putin all have to bail out of a flight onto a desert island, and survive (or not) there with only each other to rely on.

CraftyNavySeal · 19/02/2025 13:49

Karma just means actions, there’s nothing supernatural about it.

If you do bad things that doesn’t mean that one day you will get hit by a bus, but you are likely to run into problems with other people! That’s karma

Watbtisoi · 19/02/2025 13:48

I don't believe it happens in this lifetime, not sure about after ? Too many terrible people live charmed lives, and too many good people are plagued with grief and bad luck.

Izzy24 · 19/02/2025 13:45

I believe that people with a positive energy are likely to experience good things due to their mindset but I don’t believe in karma.

Most of the difficult people I have met seem to carry on regardless with no comebacks at all for their unpleasant/unkind behaviours.