DISCUSSION: What is Karma?
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:40 am
This post was part of another thread about karma, and I have split it off so we can discuss the larger concept on its own. -- Xiao
Karma is greatly misunderstood in the west, for many it is understood to be something self-serving.
Both action and non-action generates karma. As long as you have a human body; every step you take, breath you breathe --you're generating more karma.
Karma - is a Sanskrit word, loosely meaning action. That's one definition. Kar means 'Do' or 'doer'.
If the intent of your question is, "if I don't send the info -- will I suffer a bad result" - truthfully told, as we learn from Vedic texts, where the concept of Karma was first revealed -- you just can't know what will result from you acting or not acting in this case.
And anyone who thinks they can tell you what karma you will either enjoy or suffer in the present or future is full of it.
The same goes for anyone trying to discuss another person's karma. They aren't god.
Please, just follow your heart and make a decision, don't worry about karma. We don't know what karma another person has.
All we can really speak for is the karma that has affected us.
Karma is greatly misunderstood in the west, for many it is understood to be something self-serving.
Both action and non-action generates karma. As long as you have a human body; every step you take, breath you breathe --you're generating more karma.
Karma - is a Sanskrit word, loosely meaning action. That's one definition. Kar means 'Do' or 'doer'.
If the intent of your question is, "if I don't send the info -- will I suffer a bad result" - truthfully told, as we learn from Vedic texts, where the concept of Karma was first revealed -- you just can't know what will result from you acting or not acting in this case.
And anyone who thinks they can tell you what karma you will either enjoy or suffer in the present or future is full of it.
The same goes for anyone trying to discuss another person's karma. They aren't god.
Please, just follow your heart and make a decision, don't worry about karma. We don't know what karma another person has.
All we can really speak for is the karma that has affected us.