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Can Karma punish you for things that may happen in the future?

So had 3 bad things happen to me today, (and they say things comes in 3's), but i haven't done anything wrong recently.

Talking to a friend about it as i try to see things in life from a karma perspective etc, and she said that Karma might be punishing me for something that might've happened in the future, maybe Karma is punishing me to stop something really bad happening in the future

Does Karma work like this??

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  • 1 year ago
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    The most important thing to remember about Karma, is that we don't see far enough to recognize the bad from the good. Here's a story illustration:

    Back in the days when people would support a meditating monk to pray for them and generate good Karma for them, as they worked their farms and supported their families, one such farmer made his way to the remote hut he provided for one such monk. He was very excited! "I've had the worst day! Very bad karma! Today my eldest son came home with a horse that he caught in the fields. Now I'm afraid he'll leave off all the hard work I expect him to do in support of the family, and go seek his fortune elsewhere. If he does that, we'll all starve! How could this happen with all the expense of supporting you here meditating for free? Isn't that horrible karma?"

    "Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't," was the monk's reply and he said nothing further. The Farmer raved for another minute or two and then he left.

    Next day the Farmer came back just as excited but happy this time. "Why didn't you tell me what wonderful karma my son's new horse would be? Today while riding it he captured another 10 wild horses and now there are enough for myself and my other sons. Now we'll be able to increase the output of our farm and we'll all be rich! That's great karma, right?"

    "Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't," was the monk's reply and he said nothing further. The Farmer raved for another minute or two and then he left.

    Until the next day he was back again and as mad as a hornet. "You have really been a disappointment and a waste of resources. Today my son fell off his horse and broke his leg. Now he's useless on the farm and we won't be able to bring in the harvest without him. We'll all starve. No matter what you say I know it's bad karma!"

    "Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't," was the monk's reply and he said nothing further. The Farmer became so enraged he took up a stick and chased the monk from the hut and from his property.

    But he was back the next day embarrassed, hat in hand, hoping to find the monk there meditating. The monk was gone. It seems that war had broken out in the next province and the army was traversing the countryside forcing all the young men to join the Army and the fight. The farmer's only son old enough to be conscripted had a broken leg so they left him at home.

    Sorry for the long answer.

  • 1 year ago

    Karma does not exist, so no.

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Eccl 9:5,6,9,10 jw.org

  • 1 year ago

    If you do not INTEND to F[intercourse] a goat, but you Sincerely Believe that something you call "karma" is going to punish you ANYWAY, because it MAY happen in the future, you may as well PLAN to F[intercourse]K THAT GOAT!!

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  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    No, because there is NO such thing as Karma, it is in fact:

    Galatians 6:7 King James Version (KJV)7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

    To my understanding, a person must sow before they reap.

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