Karma And Spirituality: Three Reasons People Don’t Believe In Karma

We’ve interacted with thousands through our worknand often ask people if they believe in the conceptnof karma. Karma is simply defined as what goesnaround comes around, meaning you reap exactlynwhat you sow, including (and perhaps mostly)nrewards and challenges from past life actions.

About 60% say they do believe in karma, 15% saynthey don’t know, and about 25% say they don’t nbelieve in it. We’ve concluded that those who don’tnaccept the concept of karma appear to reject it fornone or more of the following three main reasons:

1) Some are simply more analytical, rational, of thenif-I-can’t-see-it-it’s-nonexistent frame of mind andnneed proof. They don’t have a good reason to acceptnit, so they’re rejecting for now.

2) Some have misconceptions about the concept.
They may mistakenly feel that karma is all aboutnpunishment, and since they don’t believe a highe
power would punish people, they reject what theynperceive karma to be.

Our work has convinced us that karma is not aboutnpunishment, but a spiritual law of energy;nwhatever you do and say, both “good” and “bad,”nwill return to you, even if you don’t believe thatnit will. This really is a universe of justice, butnit understandably doesn’t seem that way to thosenwho focus only on the circumstances of this lifetime.

It’s also common for people to think that karmanonly happens immediately, in this lifetime, but itnoften takes more than a lifetime to balance itselfnout. For example, it was not “his karma to bendumped” just because he broke up with someonenelse a year before. The act of breaking up withnsomeone, by itself, does not incur negative karmanunless it’s done in a negative way.

Another misunderstanding about karma is that manyndon’t realize that the more you try to balancenkarma yourself through negative actions, the morennegative karma you’ll create for yourself.

Does that sound like too passive of a dispositionnto you? There’s nothing passive about changingnwhat you can and letting go of what you can’tnchange, or that is not your right to change.

Yet another misconception about karma is thatndue to your subconscious and super-consciousnself (soul, or spiritual self) being beyond you
conscious personality, simply forgiving yourselfnor confessing your sins won’t eliminate you
karma. While doing so, your higher-self isnsmiling and shaking its head, saying, “That’snone more circumstance you’ll have to experiencendirectly from the receiving end in a future life.”

3) Another reason some reject the concept ofnkarma is that they seem to have great difficulty inntaking complete responsibility for their actions,nwould rather maintain a victim-consciousness, ornrefuse to admit the reality of their behavior. Thisngroup of people is likely to be in denial aboutnthings they’ve done or said and don’t want to facenthe possibility that they will eventually need tonexperience directly what they’ve inflicted uponnothers. No matter how good someone is atnjustifying their actions and convincing themselvesnof their own lies, they still must face the musicnof the karma they generate at some point in thenfuture.

These types of people are less likely to do “thenright thing” in all situations, especially whennno one is looking. They assume, incorrectly, thatnif no one catches them, they can get away withnanything. Based on our past life regression andnastrology and numerology charting work, we’ve foundnthat the eyes of truth really are always watchingnall of us, at all times.

What is doing “the right thing,” you ask? Ultimately,nit’s treating others as you want to be treated.

But it’s not easy to fathom exactly how karma functionsnthrough traditional, earth-bound thinking.

A good way to envision how karma works is to imaginena spiritual tie to everything you say or do, like anninvisible, indestructible golden link that onlyndetaches itself from you once you finally balance,noften unknowingly, the energy. Each time you’re born,nyour soul is still attached to all the golden linksnfrom previous inca
ations and you deal with some ofnthem directly in the current life according to whatnyour soul planned before inca
ating.

Whether or not you believe in karma, don’t do or notndo something just because you “should,” or “shouldn’t.”
Remind yourself you’re doing the right thing becausenyou don’t want to deal with the repercussions at anlater time, and more importantly, because we’re allnin this together.

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