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Kindness Becomes Karma
Poor, misunderstood karma.
Karma is most commonly invoked when we are mad or we want to get even. We say things like, “Karma’s a bitch!” hoping that the wrath of this mythical force of nature will crush the people who hurt us.
The concept of karma is not based on cruelty. It is based on Buddhist and Hindu teachings of living. In Sanskrit, it roughly translates to “action.” In fact, karma is the sum total of our actions as humans.
What is Your Karma?
The thing about karma, our own karma specifically, is that it boomerangs back to us whatever we put into it.
If we put out negativity in the world, then negativity will come back to us.
If we put kindness out into the great wide open, then kindness is the karma that returns.
The approach we take with conflict and resolution is evidence of the type of karma we are manufacturing. Yelling at someone or belittling them will likely result in bad karma. If winning an argument is more important than a peaceful resolution, unkind karma will likely be the result.
The question is: why do we resort to cruelty instead of kindness?
Honestly, I really don’t know the answer.