Do you believe in karma?

Mummybear888 · 2022-10-02T04:05:14+00:00

My relative has the kindest soul I know and is being treated so cruelly by her soon to be ex husband. He is so emotionally abusive towards her, it breaks my heart to see this. He seems very happy in his new relationship, which he began not long after they split and he may be getting a big sum of my relative's hard earned money in the divorce settlement. My question is - do you think Karma will bite him in the ass?

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 02/10/2022 05:07

No, I don't believe in Karma, it's entirely an invention of the human imagination.

daretodenim · 02/10/2022 05:37

No. It won't. This (Western) understanding of karma is basically the "just world theory". Truth is, the world isn't fair.

Plus it's inherently victim blaming because if karma would bite this abusive asshole's ass, then it only follows that when something bad happens to you, it's you getting the karma.

So what do you think your relative did to warrant this karma of being abused? If you think nothing, she was unlucky/he's just an asshole, then you don't believe in karma either.

Life can be awful. Can also have good moments. That's to me the only truth.

bert3400 · 02/10/2022 05:43

No but I do believe in being kind/helpful/ honest & this ultimately will bring kindness/honesty back to you.

AlexandraJJ · 02/10/2022 06:34

I seem to be the only one that does. I do believe eventually you will receive the energy and intent you put out in to the universe.

GingerPigz · 02/10/2022 06:39

@AlexandraJJ ... I believe in Karma too! If nothing else it helps me make peace with a bad situation, but I do believe there is absolutely more too it.

Original poster

Mummybear888 · 02/10/2022 07:22

Thank you everyone :). Good to hear lots of different views.

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Isaidnoalready · 02/10/2022 07:26

No im a nice person and life is a slog for me my ex has done some terrible things to me and my/our children his punishment? Moved on charges were dropped still sees his kids job car girlfriend dog family still close to him like he is untouchable he has been arrested again and yet again nothing happens to him his victim had mental health issues she can't move on yet he acts like nothing has happened

HairyToity · 06/10/2022 19:32

Kind of, but I think it takes a very long time for karma to happen.

Wibbly1008 · 06/10/2022 19:34

I definitely believe in karma. You might not see someone get “theirs” but they do…in all sorts of ways!

Mummysharkdoodoodoodoodoodoo · 12/10/2022 07:12

The concept of karma is misunderstood. It’s used in religions that believe in reincarnation and is meant to refer to some kind of payback in your NEXT life, not this one.

ValancyRedfern · 24/10/2022 07:55

No not at all. It only makes sense if you believe in reincarnation. You only need to turn on the news to see that the world is not just and good people suffer while bad people get what they want all the time.

Cameleongirl · 14/11/2022 22:12

Hi @Mummybear888, I'm resurrecting your thread, because I knew someone had posted about karma recently and I heard something todaythat has made me think that yes, perhaps karma does exist!

In a nutshell, someone who is a thoroughly unpleasant person and has been nasty to other people for decades, has received some "karma" the only way that would upset them - in their wallet! They're not destitute or anything, but they haven't received an inheritance that they arrogantly assumed they would, because their late uncle sussed what a horror they are!

Now they're moaning to their sister (my friend) about losing out on a nice chunk of cash, but it's entirely their own fault. "Uncle Albert" wasn't a fool, and he knew what they were like, despite the fake niceness when they were around him.

I know I shouldn't, but I couldn't help smiling when I heard this. So often the nice people end up getting shafted, but not this time.

speakout · 15/11/2022 07:54

I don't believe in the true form- ie a Hindu concept.
I do think that we create circumstances in our lives.
If we go about our day being kind and spreading good energy then generally good things will happen to us. But that's not rocket science or mystical.

Regarding your relative OP I think people treat us how we allow them to.
I am not blaming victims and I am a survivor of abuse, but we need to set our own boundaries and make sure that we don't allow anyone to treat us in an unacceptable way.
Unfortunately women can find this difficult, through a whole load of issues-- poor self esteem, fear of abandonment, low self worth.
Your relative has an opportunity for some self reflection to protect herself in the future.
When I left my abusive OH I gave him everything, the house, savings, just took what I could carry and left.
He went on to have a shit life because he is a nasty person- not because of karma.

delilabell · 15/11/2022 07:59

My dh does. It's caused such massive anxiety for him because he second guesses everything je does and ties himself up in knots if something negative has happened to him wracking his brains to think of what he's even "thought" to cause it. Horrible

Cameleongirl · 15/11/2022 13:50

delilabell · 15/11/2022 07:59

My dh does. It's caused such massive anxiety for him because he second guesses everything je does and ties himself up in knots if something negative has happened to him wracking his brains to think of what he's even "thought" to cause it. Horrible

That’s awful, @delilabell . It sounds as if your DH is suffering from anxiety though-has he sought any medical help? Do encourage him to do this, I’m diagnosed with GAD and with the right counseling and medication, I’m far less anxious.

Elphame · 16/11/2022 19:23

The Eastern concept of karma is badly misunderstood in the west.

So - no I don't believe "karma" will get him in this lifetime.

Hoplesscynic · 20/11/2022 23:26

The law of cause and consequences is a basic one, and if most people knew it there'd be fewer crimes in this world. Yes, I do believe in Karma, it's the law of the Universe - it's in place to teach us lessons through lived experiences, to bring justice and balance. We are all bound by it from many past lives.

Theunamedcat · 20/11/2022 23:57

Hoplesscynic · 20/11/2022 23:26

The law of cause and consequences is a basic one, and if most people knew it there'd be fewer crimes in this world. Yes, I do believe in Karma, it's the law of the Universe - it's in place to teach us lessons through lived experiences, to bring justice and balance. We are all bound by it from many past lives.

Good things happen to bad people all the time they feel they deserve this because they have "changed there ways" except that they haven't not really they are still the same person that hurt all those people with no apology or remorse they just got lucky

whatwhhat · 21/11/2022 00:26

I definitely don't believe in karma. The older I get the more I believe it's the the other way round. A lot of bad people live very nice lives they don't deserve.

Think slaves vs slave owners
Putin vs all the people suffering from the wars he started.
The nazis that lived lovely lives until they were In their 80s before being tried in court
Trump
Basically all the 1%

Karma is just something to say to someone who's having a hard time to give them meaningless hope.

Cameleongirl · 21/11/2022 00:37

Basically all the 1%

Don't you think anyone in the top 1% could be a nice and good person who helps other people, e.g., giving away vast sums of money? Surely they can't all be terrible people.

saraclara · 21/11/2022 00:41

Bad things happen to good people all the time. I've seen it happen to often to think that there's anything to the Western view of karma at all.

To be honest, if someone believes in karma, I instantly think vastly less of them. Anyone who watches the news about natural disasters or terrorist attacks, or has ever known a child die of cancer has to be completely brainless to think that the victims 'deserved it'.

Cameleongirl · 21/11/2022 01:43

Karma isn't the right word for it, perhaps "comeuppance" is a better one, as it implies that the individual did something to deserve what's happened.