I don't personally believe in Karma. I haven't bothered to really understand it either, but from the superficial understanding I
do have of it, I just can't agree.
magickmystik's quote made very much sense to me, and is exactly what I was thinking as well. If you believe in Karma, then it's true for you. I would much rather choose to do things out of unconditional love, rather than out of guilt of past mistakes.
Last time I checked, Guilt was at the very bottom of the emotional chain, the exact opposite of our natural state of Joy and Love.
How do I know our natural state is Love? Let me put it this way: Is unconditional love not a trait generally ascribed to enlightened beings? And what is enlightenment other than a realization of our true nature?
That given, I just can't make the connection between a deity whose true nature is unconditional love, and the idea of controlling human behaviour through fear and guilt (aka Karma), the exact opposite of said love.
And another thing, if we're stuck inside a cycle of forced rebirth (unless I misunderstood this), then just how do you explain the fact that psychics can contact deceased relatives? I kind of doubt said relatives had achieved enlightenment in their lifetimes.
Disclaimer: I don't really know what I'm talking about, so if I've seriously misrepresented the notion of Karma, then please don't flame me.
