The word karma is in vogue today. They are easily juggled by people who are far from the Buddhist system of values, having little idea of what it means. Punishment is now called karma. He said badly about someone, and suddenly a passing car poured water out of a puddle. Knowledgeable people with a smart look say: karma. The boss scolded, and then his competitors offended him, the subordinates rejoice: karma, it is so instant. There are a lot of examples. Surely those around you also like to use this word in the subject and without the subject.
But actually karma is not a punishment. This is the state in which a person is in the aggregate of good or bad deeds. This is what he is born with, what he accumulates during his life. To put it even simpler, from a Christian point of view, these are sins and repentance for them. The more sins, the fewer lessons learned, the less chances you have to leave this world forever and no longer appear on this earth. The more repentance, good deeds, deeds, awareness of your path, the more opportunities to purify energy and get closer to Nirvana.
Lesson, working through the material, homework - call it whatever you like, but not punishment. Name things correctly and don't get confused in terms! Some are born in the brahmana caste - this is their karma. Others are in dirty neighborhoods where untouchables live - this is their way.
Karma is the bed of the river of life in which a person moves. But if he goes sluggishly with the flow, he will not achieve anything and will not correct. Will actively flounder, sticking to one bank, then to the other - there are chances to correct the situation. But, importantly, one cannot go beyond the bounds of karma, according to Hindu concepts. As much as you would like it. You will never be born as a brahmana if you are born untouchable. So that! You can only improve your future position, but within the same caste. Or worsen, that's how you will act. In your next life, you can lose everything and become a beggar, or you can break out into the leader of the poor and lead an uprising against the rich. But, we repeat, you will not swim in luxury anyway.
It has become fashionable to explain human diseases by karmic reasons. The search engine will helpfully select dozens of sites for you, where you can get a lot of "useful" information about karmic ailments. In short, it looks something like this: a headache is caused by evil thoughts, envy and anger. Foot problems - you don't want to move on. And so on.
Of course, I exaggerate the concepts and citations that are given in various pseudoscientific publications. But the meaning is something like this. It is especially annoying, frightening and saddening when they try to “comfort” a person in this way. Like, you have such a serious illness, you probably take on a lot of negativity. Think positive! Imagine that one of your loved ones has oncology, and they tell him that only bad people have this disease! And it arises from the fact that a person has sinned a lot and his karma is bad. Wow consolation, do not find it! The person is so bad, and you still blame him that he behaved badly, and for this he received a punishment!
And the phrase about positive thoughts generally kills! I want to look into the eyes of someone who has an inflamed nerve in a tooth, for example. How positively he will run to the nearest 24-hour dentistry for help. What for? Sore teeth also mean something in terms of karmic punishment, so work it off.
When a person feels bad, he is sick or sad, do not try to “cheer up” him with words about karma and punishment. This is the worst consolation you can think of. Yes, we are all not without sin, but to claim that someone was awarded cancer of the tongue or throat for foul language is monstrous. I'm not exaggerating, I had such acquaintances who loved to hang such labels on people. That is why I am writing that there were. Communicating with such individuals is extremely unpleasant. In their heads is a monstrous mixture of Christian dogmas and fragmentary knowledge of Eastern teachings. Without really understanding the essence of the questions, they confidently judge others. I just want to sarcastically remark: "but you yourself, karma will not catch up for such behavior" ?!
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But sometimes people themselves blame their problems on karma. They make quite conscious conclusions about what is happening to them. Instead of taking a banal allergy pill, they look for reasons where there are none. There are even psychologists who argue that allergies are not a disease of the body, but a consequence of a violation of the world perception and perception of reality. Like, there is no allergy, everything is in your head. It is enough to put in order thoughts, clean up karma, get a positive attitude and that's it, a runny nose and sneezing will take off like a hand! I can still hear the insinuating voice of a karma cleaner: "Think about what your allergic rhinitis is for, correct mistakes, think good!"
Oh yeah! It's just wonderful. At this moment, the unfortunate asthmatics happily throw their inhalers into the garbage chute and live happily ever after.
Karma can easily be attributed to failure, laziness, mistakes and unwillingness to work. On her, darling, it's easy to blame all the troubles, to relieve herself and others of responsibility for deeds and actions. But, again, this is only because people misunderstand the meaning of this buzzword. It's all about inaccurate information that is passed from one pseudo-specialist to another.
Someone may argue that if it is easier for a person, then why should he not believe in the tricks of evil fate or karma? It is easy to throw off mistakes, misdeeds and diseases into the machinations of a villainous fate. But, alas, the trouble is that people perceive only the outer side of the teaching, not wanting to accept its inner, true essence.
However, this has always been and will always be - it is easiest to judge superficially, without making global conclusions. Therefore, personally, I do not fool myself on the subject of karma. If each of us is given by faith, isn't it easier not to think about it at all? After all, humanity has long invented allergic tests and antihistamines. Finding out the cause of the snot is easy, and no karma has anything to do with it!