Vent: Can one attract good Karma or no?

ed8383 · #1 03-08-2007, 02:33 AM

is good karma something we are born with or can we attract it? take my life for example. I can say i never intentionally hurt anyone, never held grudges against anyone, don't hate anyone and nobody hates me. My life is the classic same old, same old. Nothing good or bad happens to me, everything is routine school work sleep.

I know so many people which are worse human beings tham i am, treat people the opposite of how i treat people, lazier workers, bad hearted people, yet they are luckier than me, people treat them better than me, people have given them things (nobody has ever given me anything except my parents), their lives are way better than mine.

After careful analysis i realized that i must have bad karma or no good karma at all. Im thinking of sponsoring a kid through childrens inc, im thinking of volunteering at a homeless shelter, im thinking of waking up the morning, looking in the mirror and screaming "im a winner, you are great, great things will happen to you" in order to get 'positive energy' or whatever.

All my life i treat people well and i see that nobody really cares about me (except probably 3 people) and people treat me bad and push me around, yet bad people i know get the good treatment. I want to get some of that luck for once.

Golden_Rhino · #2 03-08-2007, 02:35 AM

You have a computer, so I assume you don't live outdoors.
You have the energy to type, so I assume you aren't hungry.
You mentioned that your parents have helped you, so I assume that they treated you well growing up.

Congrats, you have used up all of your karma.

daryn · #3 03-08-2007, 02:36 AM

i think it's odd how if you say you're a christian you're instantly vilified but if you mention karma it's cool.

ed8383 · #4 03-08-2007, 02:40 AM

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i think it's odd how if you say you're a christian you're instantly vilified but if you mention karma it's cool.

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karma is a fancier way than saying "luck," you believe in luck don't you? why do some people have all the luck and others don't?? we all know lucky people and we all know good people with no good luck. I just want to know if this is something we are born with or can we change this?

Sephus · #5 03-08-2007, 02:47 AM

your questions are easy to answer. first, there's no such thing as karma.

second, there's no such thing as a person "being" lucky. people can "get" lucky, or have "more than their share" of good luck, but that doesn't mean theres any reason to expect them to continue to have good luck in the future.

in short, a person's "luckiness" can only be determined in hindsight, it has nothing to do with the present or future.

so feel better.

ed8383 · #6 03-08-2007, 02:54 AM

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your questions are easy to answer. first, there's no such thing as karma.

second, there's no such thing as a person "being" lucky. people can "get" lucky, or have "more than their share" of good luck, but that doesn't mean theres any reason to expect them to continue to have good luck in the future.

in short, a person's "luckiness" can only be determined in hindsight, it has nothing to do with the present or future.

so feel better.

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so you're telling me that having a highly positive attitude does not bring forth good luck? so all these motivational speakers are charlatans??

Im sure youve heard of stories of personal positivity bringing forth positive energy, positive thoughts bringing forth good luck and good things. Theres even the theory that human minds can control RNG, another example of positive thought bringing forth results.

maybe im superstitious but i didn't except so many here not to believe in luck.

daryn · #7 03-08-2007, 02:56 AM

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maybe im superstitious but i didn't except so many here not to believe in luck.

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you're in the wrong place. go talk to casual blackjack or slots players.

Sephus · #8 03-08-2007, 03:00 AM

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so you're telling me that having a highly positive attitude does not bring forth good luck? so all these motivational speakers are charlatans??

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of course it doesn't bring good luck if luck pertains to things based on chance.

Banks2334 · #9 03-08-2007, 03:04 AM

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so you're telling me that having a highly positive attitude does not bring forth good luck? so all these motivational speakers are charlatans??

Im sure youve heard of stories of personal positivity bringing forth positive energy, positive thoughts bringing forth good luck and good things. Theres even the theory that human minds can control RNG, another example of positive thought bringing forth results.

maybe im superstitious but i didn't except so many here not to believe in luck.

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Take 100 people with good positive thoughts. Good things are bound to happen to some of them. Karma? Don't think so.
As for controlling RNG's, good luck with that.

kazana · #10 03-08-2007, 11:29 AM

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so you're telling me that having a highly positive attitude does not bring forth good luck? so all these motivational speakers are charlatans??

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Just to address this:
The whole "positive attitude" thing isn't about attracting luck/karma/callitwhatyouwant. In most cases, it's simply working on the assumption that if you have a positive mindset, you are more likely to use your own resources more efficiently, deliver top quality work, and therefore you'll be more likely to succeed.

CHAKA