Karma and Spirituality: Three Reasons People Don’t Believe in Karma

We've interacted with thousands through our work

and often ask people if they believe in the concept

of karma. Karma is simply defined as what goes

around comes around, meaning you reap exactly

what you sow, including (and perhaps mostly)

rewards and challenges from past life actions.

About 60% say they do believe in karma, 15% say

they don't know, and about 25% say they don't 

believe in it. We've concluded that those who don't

accept the concept of karma appear to reject it for

one or more of the following three main reasons:

1) Some are simply more analytical, rational, of the

if-I-can't-see-it-it's-nonexistent frame of mind and

need proof. They don't have a good reason to accept

it, so they're rejecting for now.

2) Some have misconceptions about the concept.

They may mistakenly feel that karma is all about

punishment, and since they don't believe a higher

power would punish people, they reject what they

perceive karma to be.

Our work has convinced us that karma is not about

punishment, but a spiritual law of energy; whatever

you do and say, both "good" and "bad," will return

to you, even if you don't believe that it will. This

really is a universe of justice, but it understandably

doesn't seem that way to those who focus only on the

circumstances of this lifetime.

It's also common for people to think that karma

only happens immediately, in this lifetime, but it

often takes more than a lifetime to balance itself

out. For example, it was not "his karma to be

dumped" just because he broke up with someone

else a year before. The act of breaking up with

someone, by itself, does not incur negative karma

unless it's done in a negative way.

Another misunderstanding about karma is that many

don't realize that the more you try to balance

karma yourself through negative actions, the more

negative karma you'll create for yourself.

Does that sound like too passive of a disposition

to you? There's nothing passive about changing

what you can and letting go of what you can't

change, or that is not your right to change.

Yet another misconception about karma is that

due to your subconscious and super-conscious

self (soul, or spiritual self) being beyond your

conscious personality, simply forgiving yourself

or confessing your sins won't eliminate your

karma. While doing so, your higher-self is

smiling and shaking its head, saying, "That's

one more circumstance you'll have to experience

directly from the receiving end in a future life."

3) Another reason some reject the concept of karma

is that they seem to have great difficulty in

taking complete responsibility for their actions,

would rather maintain a victim-consciousness, or

refuse to admit the reality of their behavior. This

group of people is likely to be in denial about

things they've done or said and don't want to face

the possibility that they will eventually need to

experience directly what they've inflicted upon

others. No matter how good someone is at justifying

their actions and convincing themselves of their own

lies, they still must face the music of the karma

they generate at some point in the future.

These types of people are less likely to do "the

right thing" in all situations, especially when no

one is looking. They assume, incorrectly, that if

no one catches them, they can get away with

anything. Based on our past life regression and

astrology and numerology charting work, we've

found that the eyes of truth really are always

watching all of us, at all times.

What is doing "the right thing," you ask? Ultimately,

it's treating others as you want to be treated.

But it's not easy to fathom exactly how karma functions

through traditional, earth-bound thinking.

A good way to envision how karma works is to imagine

a spiritual tie to everything you say or do, like an

invisible, indestructible golden link that only

detaches itself from you once you finally balance,

often unknowingly, the energy. Each time you're born,

your soul is still attached to all the golden links

from previous incarnations and you deal with some of

them directly in the current life according to what

your soul planned before incarnating.

Whether or not you believe in karma, don't do or

not do something just because you "should," or

"shouldn't." Remind yourself you're doing the

right thing because you don't want to deal with

the repercussions at a later time, and more

importantly, because we're all in this together.

Scott Petullo

http://www.scottpetullo.com/

Stephen Petullo

http://www.holisticmakeover.com/

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