When does karma come around?

[babyseal]

This is sort of like the chicken and the egg question.

When the shit hits the fan, and someone tells you 'Dont' worry. In the end, karma will balance, and you shall be rewarded for your actions' at which point in the cycle are you?
Are you recieving the effects of previous bad karma at the moment, or is this the beginning of the cycle, and your redemption shall be at hand in the future?

This is bothering me.

[4matic]

everything moves in circles.

[blue]

so if you start with shit, you end up with shit? hm... how horrible does that sound

[darien]

I don't agree the "circles" description. I don't think karma works in a cycle where you are either gaining karma, losing karma, or somewhere in-between.

I think karma is more like a bag of marbles. As you experience life and interact with other people, you may at times give away some of your marbles freely. Other times you may accept marbles freely. Still other times you may trade identical sized marbles of a different color. And other times you might exchange a larger marble for a slightly smaller one, or vice-versa.

The people who are the most disappointed by karma are those that go around begging for marbles without doing anything to deserve them.

[squeak]

darien, I do believe you have lost your marbles.

[4matic]

what goes around, comes around. you do bad shit and you get shit, just like karma so back to my post. everything moves in circles.

[[gh]Spurty]

What do you mean by circles? To Circle is to not approach or retreat. Surely the use of the word 'circle' is erroneous.

Do you mean cycles perhaps?

[darien]

darien, I do believe you have lost your marbles.

Lost? No. Though I have given many away.

[SavaThePriest]

You want karma? Go back to CHIGC. :P

As for something constructive to this conversation, I have nothing.

[ThriKreen]

I think it's just another form of the Golden Rule, something society in general seems to have forgotten in their rat race.

[Dissman]

It's the golden rule alright..

"He who has the gold makes the rules"

[WangChung]

What do you mean by circles? To Circle is to not approach or retreat. Surely the use of the word 'circle' is erroneous.

Do you mean cycles perhaps?

In the context of 'moving in circles' you can say that you move in a type of definite cycle. So in the sense of karma, you can, to use dariens metaphor [good one, i think. :)], gain-,lose-,and 'trade'-marbles.

Gaining marbles, you bring good things in your life, or do good deeds worthy of redemption. 'Losing Marbles' sort of symbolizes you have made a bad choice, or done something noteworthy of having 'bad karma' returned to you, and trading is like, exchanging the favor, keeping up your end of the bargain, etc. eventually it'll come back to get you, whether it is in the sense of good prosperous happenings, or horrible luck.


[hopefully i didnt fuzzle up darien's metaphor.. <3]

[darien]

You did a bit. I think you completely reversed it.

[Doc Wattson]

I am in the procces of saving my marbles so I can afford to kick an old lady in front of a car and not be negative karma for it.

-Gary-

[squeak]

I made a funny, and get NO hahas. What has life come to these days? I think I give up my marbles too easily.

[WangChung]

You did a bit. I think you completely reversed it.

hehe, i thought you meant marbles as like.. something you wanted in your life. lol. mah bad. <3