Something I love about the less-than-religious is the concept of karma. These people honestly think that merely doing a good deed once in a while is good enough to balance some sort of cosmic scales against the bad things that they do. Suffice to say that it doesn't quite work that way.
As expressed in a number of beliefs, karma is the belief that what you put out will come back to you. A good way of looking at it is an old-school victory garden. A "victory garden" was a British way of dealing with dealing with rationing in WWII; you could ease some of the problems by raising some of your own food in your backyard. It may not seem like much, but you would be surprised how much food even a half-acre grows, especially when you have a whole neighborhood working together. Victory gardens can only grow what is put into them, and they require some maintenance to keep going; if you maintain your garden poorly you'll starve, but if you maintain well you'll feast.
Karma is like that victory garden. If you just go out and water it every so often it's probably not going to grow so well; you seriously need to get it watered for it to prosper. Sure, you can throw some serious manure at it, but if you want something besides mushrooms you need to expose it to the sunshine every so often. You also need to have some fun with it; if it's just a chore it's not going to do as well as if you really went for it. Suffice to say that you also need to weed it every so often as well. Of course, you also need to make sure that you are using the right seeds and giving hem the best chance to grow. Do that, and your victory garden will do well; otherwise, you'll have a dead patch of weeds.
In practical terms, this means that you need to seriously pursue good karma in order to actually obtain it. You need to perform basic maintenance, such as doing the good deeds, forgiving others, and even backing down on occasion. You can have some dark spots as long as you balance it with some humor; I'm not saying you have to be Mister Sunshine all the time but do try to avoid being the dark cloud at all times. Take a look at your life every so often and remove anything that may be toxic. Above all, get into it; you can be a jerk as long as overall you contribute more to the situation and enable those around you to grow as well.
Karma is a lot more than just doing the every-so-often good deed. You need to put some time and effort into it for it to work. If you just put a little effort into every-so-often it's not going to be something that you will be proud of. If you want the advantages coming in from karma you need to put some work into it. Like everything else you get back whatever you put in; put a lot in, and trust me you will get a lot back.
As expressed in a number of beliefs, karma is the belief that what you put out will come back to you. A good way of looking at it is an old-school victory garden. A "victory garden" was a British way of dealing with dealing with rationing in WWII; you could ease some of the problems by raising some of your own food in your backyard. It may not seem like much, but you would be surprised how much food even a half-acre grows, especially when you have a whole neighborhood working together. Victory gardens can only grow what is put into them, and they require some maintenance to keep going; if you maintain your garden poorly you'll starve, but if you maintain well you'll feast.
Karma is like that victory garden. If you just go out and water it every so often it's probably not going to grow so well; you seriously need to get it watered for it to prosper. Sure, you can throw some serious manure at it, but if you want something besides mushrooms you need to expose it to the sunshine every so often. You also need to have some fun with it; if it's just a chore it's not going to do as well as if you really went for it. Suffice to say that you also need to weed it every so often as well. Of course, you also need to make sure that you are using the right seeds and giving hem the best chance to grow. Do that, and your victory garden will do well; otherwise, you'll have a dead patch of weeds.
In practical terms, this means that you need to seriously pursue good karma in order to actually obtain it. You need to perform basic maintenance, such as doing the good deeds, forgiving others, and even backing down on occasion. You can have some dark spots as long as you balance it with some humor; I'm not saying you have to be Mister Sunshine all the time but do try to avoid being the dark cloud at all times. Take a look at your life every so often and remove anything that may be toxic. Above all, get into it; you can be a jerk as long as overall you contribute more to the situation and enable those around you to grow as well.
Karma is a lot more than just doing the every-so-often good deed. You need to put some time and effort into it for it to work. If you just put a little effort into every-so-often it's not going to be something that you will be proud of. If you want the advantages coming in from karma you need to put some work into it. Like everything else you get back whatever you put in; put a lot in, and trust me you will get a lot back.
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