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Karma in real life

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TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
So today i was just leaving for work when i saw my elderly neighbor on the side of the road with his old mustang. He said that the carburetor had just gone. So i hopped out of my car and pushed it about 400 yards up a hill back to his house. It was no big deal i was happy to help him out. Then at work i was sent to make some copies at a nearby place, and on my walk back to the office i found $110 on the sidewalk. I looked around to see if anyone had recently dropped it but there was no one around. So i took the money and now im $100 richer. Im a firm believer in Karma and know that if i wouldnt have helped my neighbor this morning i wouldnt have found it.

Do you guys have any awesome karma related stories
Aug 8 2012 2:55PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
found 110, only 100 dollars richer


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Aug 8 2012 2:57PM
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Backyard.Skier
Posts: 5397 - Karma: 1,497
sometimes when i go through the tim hortons drive through ill buy the person behind me their coffee and finally yesterday someone before me bought mine, felt pretty awesome.
Aug 8 2012 2:58PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
Lol it was just a coincidence man
Aug 8 2012 2:59PM
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TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
ya thats a typo hah
Aug 8 2012 2:59PM
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84891jnf92048
Posts: 11552 - Karma: 2,550
I dont believe in karma, and I don't believe in fate, but I do often realize that the way that you get to a point is by the things you do along the way. You're probably right, you wouldn't have found that 100 bucks on the ground if you hadn't helped your neighbor. That one event you did had a ripple effect on other things that happened in your life, that changed your thought process, which may have changed where you were looking, as well as possibly affecting individuals' movement patterns, and in some way the person that dropped that money in the first place, or caused someone else to not see it.

Especially when good things happen to me under strange circumstances, I think about how those events led to the final outcome. It's a weird thing to think about.
Aug 8 2012 3:03PM
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easiestEC
Posts: 2471 - Karma: 489
karma is defianty real. yesterday i rolled a blunt and smoked it with my buddy. today, he rolled one up and smoked it with me. thats karma right? haha
Aug 8 2012 3:05PM
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Aiden-P
Posts: 1310 - Karma: 38

straight to my sig!

Aug 8 2012 3:35PM
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TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
this is one of the best coments i have seen hahaha
Aug 8 2012 3:39PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
so you did someone a favor and then found 100 dollars on the street and took it. thats not karma. thats stealing. you should work on your morals a bit.
Aug 8 2012 5:46PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51645 - Karma: 162,278
You should have given 20 percent to the church. Karma's comin for you.
Aug 8 2012 5:53PM
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TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
so what would you do if you were walking and saw 100 dollars on the sidewalk and no one was around that i could ask if it was theres. you would just walk away. If you say yes your full of shit
Aug 8 2012 6:06PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
no, but i wouldnt pretend i was meant to find and take it as a reward for some good deed i did. i'd probably feel pretty damn guilty about it later.

and why would i be full of shit if i said i'd leave it or try and find out who it belongs to? what, people aren't allowed to do decent things in the world anymore?
Aug 8 2012 6:22PM
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ryantheconnolly
Posts: 2027 - Karma: 108
wow that's a pretty high horse you've got there. why don't you try it out and ride your way out of this thread
Aug 8 2012 6:27PM
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Zimmerman
Posts: 6992 - Karma: 1,021
Karma (the western definition of it)  is another dumb human explanation for a coincidence.
Aug 8 2012 6:28PM
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geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
i'd like to know who believes in karma, but is also an atheist. i would like to laugh.
Aug 8 2012 6:30PM
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TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
read my earlier post. There was no one on the street or anywhere around when i found it and i was working so i wasnt gunna search for the person who dropped it. and no i wont feel guilty about this at all. and no one leaves 100 dollars on the street. NO ONE
Aug 8 2012 6:31PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
I wouldn't say I "believe" in karma, but it does seem like when you do good, good is done to you.
Aug 8 2012 6:35PM
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TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
haha siged
Aug 8 2012 6:36PM
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snowisholywater
Posts: 337 - Karma: 57
exactly how i feel.
Aug 8 2012 6:37PM
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TheBlueMtSkier
Posts: 909 - Karma: 42
Karma doesn't exist...bring the hate.
Aug 8 2012 6:37PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
this haha. this 'karma' is so irrational but for some reason people believe in it 100%
Aug 8 2012 6:37PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
surely you finding 100 dollars someone dropped on the street is evidence that someone did in fact drop 100 dollars on the street?

and to the other guy. i think i may just ride my high horse out of this thread, and by god, i'll enjoy it.
Aug 8 2012 6:52PM
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TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
no shit but they werent there for me to give it back to
Aug 8 2012 6:53PM
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FuckAllOfYou
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 2,518
sort of a Chaos theory thing? idk. maybe I don't know what I'm talking about
Aug 8 2012 6:55PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
Cause > effect/cause > effect/cause > effect/cause > etc. it's also proof of God but let's not get into that
Aug 8 2012 7:02PM
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FuckAllOfYou
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 2,518
yeah that's what I'm thinking exactly.

let's not get into a discussion about that pls, let's keep this thread on track
Aug 8 2012 7:06PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
i know. which is why its not a huge deal that you took it. the point was you said this: "and no one leaves 100 dollars on the street. NO ONE"

clearly, it isn't true.
Aug 8 2012 7:08PM
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LIL_WAT
Posts: 1900 - Karma: 475
"and I base that on absolutely nothing."

Come on bra, the two things had nothing to do with each other.
Aug 8 2012 7:12PM
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grown-ninja
Posts: 3031 - Karma: 175
im not a great person by any means, but i try and do at least one thing nice a day, holding a door for a little longer, letting someone in a rush just aheafd of me...little things go a long way especially in a place like nyc...if everyone in the world was just a little more good than bad we would have a great world
Aug 8 2012 7:13PM
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Gods_Father
Posts: 1466 - Karma: -284
So is cause and effect? Come on, real karma is numbers on the internet.
Aug 8 2012 7:41PM
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beezey
Posts: 9027 - Karma: 427
I think i saw this on my facebook feed, are we fwends?
Aug 8 2012 7:45PM
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Zimmerman
Posts: 6992 - Karma: 1,021
Not even.
Aug 8 2012 8:12PM
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TheDers
Posts: 788 - Karma: 164
i dont think so
Aug 8 2012 9:47PM
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Mr_Mackey
Posts: 591 - Karma: 22
I dont care what the fuck people say, that shits real.
Aug 9 2012 3:04AM
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shr@gler
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 912
who are the fuck people?
Aug 9 2012 3:26AM
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Mr_Mackey
Posts: 591 - Karma: 22
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Aug 9 2012 3:51AM
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feihlination
Posts: 8356 - Karma: 1,084
great pic use
Aug 9 2012 5:30AM
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JBanden
Posts: 120 - Karma: 12
whenever i read your comments they're alway in ders's voice. is that weird?
Aug 9 2012 5:42PM
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Nurgle
Posts: 1249 - Karma: 15
Karma that comes to fruitation is not from this lifetime. Like if you have a lot of great, good things happen, such as finding the money, its because of positive actions in your past lives, or if negative karma, negative things you did in your past life coming to fruitation.

Personally, I have a lot of negative, and Im trying to make the change, and resolve this. Heading to Tibet for a retreat in a few months, should be life changing to say the least.
Aug 9 2012 5:48PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
^^^oh yeah, That explains OP's mistake. hahaha
Aug 9 2012 5:51PM
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Ski_The_E
Posts: 1036 - Karma: 944
actually the idea of karma is a large part of the Buddhist culture, and Buddhists are Atheist
Sep 6 2012 8:31PM
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Ahmadinejad
Posts: 181 - Karma: 16
you're weird dude.
Sep 6 2012 8:43PM
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Spiri7o
Posts: 2163 - Karma: 1,100
I feel the same way
Sep 6 2012 8:44PM
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panojibber.
Posts: 1041 - Karma: 683
Buddhism is more agnostic than atheist - it states that this life is suffering but you can escape that suffering by seeing the "dharma" or the true nature behind things. If you can see this true nature then as a consequence and a precursor to this knowledge of the dharma you'll be enlightened and therefore escape the cycle of death and rebirth by acting well in this life. But when you escape this cycle its not like you just die, you kind of ascend and join the buddha. So technically... not atheist.

Karma is a Sanskrit word that means action or experience... So literally speaking, good karma is good action, i.e. doing good things. Karmic effects won't necessarily manifest themselves in this life, but perhaps in the next; you might do lots of good things and then have the privilege of living your next life as a human instead of a sea-cow or something along those lines. A human birth is favourable because you have the opportunity to become enlightened and escape the cycle of suffering.
Sep 6 2012 8:47PM
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JzD.
Posts: 1615 - Karma: 153
Yes, karma is real. Gotta think of some stories so i'll get back to ya
Sep 6 2012 9:04PM
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Ac31stuff
Posts: 557 - Karma: 10
lolz
Sep 6 2012 9:16PM
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SlimDunkin.
Posts: 2065 - Karma: 361
There are definitely instances when I think karma exists, for example, I was at my Uncles wedding on a really nice secluded "private island" if you will, you have to take a ferry to get back to the mainland, anyway it was around 12:30 the reception had just ended, the ferry was no longer running, I had been drinking all night, I went to the edge of the island overlooking all open water under the starlit sky, I looked around and noticed how clean the landscape was, I dropped my empty pack on the ground and the wind took it, I made little effort to stop it, the next thing I know another heavy gust of wind comes and rips the cig out of my mouth and blows it into the water.


WTF KARMA????
Sep 6 2012 11:20PM
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knows_butter
Posts: 477 - Karma: 32
Agreed
Sep 7 2012 12:42AM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51645 - Karma: 162,278
cool bump bro
Sep 7 2012 12:48AM
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