Proof Karma Exists
Have you ever noticed that when you learn a new lesson, you look forward to taking from it and following it? Then as time goes by, you take it for granted and at some point, you lose what you learned.
Well, some time ago, I learned that Karma is absolutely existent and I used it as the center of my philosophy for living. When you do positive things, you have a light spirit, free of negativity, therefore you are a happier person and you attract positive people and events. Do negative things, and no matter how cold you are, it will remain in the back of your mind, the guilt will consume you and you attract negative people and negative events.
It's great that I learned that. I stood by this philosophy for some time, trying to do positive things and become a positive person. Eventually, I guess the stress of life and the easy way out slowly got me doing things I knew weren't right but would benefit me.
Today, I went to IKEA. I've been going to IKEA three times a week for the past two months and it's driving me crazy. I need stuff for my new apartment, but at this point, I'm not enjoying going there, I'm going there out of need and can't wait to have my place finished. Because my frustration is increasing and my funds decreasing, I was tempted by a negative event today.
I needed to buy cups so I wandered over and picked up a pack of six wine goblets that were $4.99. I took one out and realized how cheap they looked. Price versus quality. Hummm... Right now, I could use saving some money, but I don't want to be stuck with cheap wine goblets. Next to that box were individual hand made wine glasses that could also be used for water or juice. Each was $3.00. I decided to go for the better quality ones and pay the price...... But I couldn't hold six cups in my two hands so I quickly looked for a solution.
As I came up with an idea -- to remove the cheap wine glasses from the box and use the box to hold the expensive ones -- I was tempted by a sneaky way to get those expensive glasses for the price of the cheaper ones. If the cashier scanned the box, I would get all six for one small price.
I quickly remembered karma ... and ignored it. I've been taking it for granted for the last little while. After all, I'll let fate do the decision for me. I'm not telling the cashier to scan the box, if she does, it's her mistake, not mine ... That didn't make me feel any less like a thief.
I approached the cashier, let the box move toward her on the conveyer belt, and voilá, she scanned all six glasses, I paid the full price. I'm free from a life of crime. But wait, I still feel guilty, I still tried to fool them into giving me the expensive glasses for a cheaper price. Add that weight to my collective conscious.
Somehow, I knew that those glasses would not get home intact. I was going to pay for my evil plan. I went to great lengths to prevent karma from getting it's way. When I arrived home, happily, all glasses were fine.
I spent the rest of the evening cleaning and organizing my apartment. I went through some old burned CDs, copied the music to iTunes and planned to discard the CDs. I was lazily sitting on my couch, how 'bout I play a little frisbee with the CD, across the living room, into the kitchen and into the open garbage bin. I threw the CD in the direction of the garbage bin, and with a struck of (un)luck it boomeranged in the opposite direction and straight into one of the expensive glasses!
I couldn't have had that kind of aim if I wanted to. I wish I had security cameras in my place. That was one Kodak moment. One of the $3.00 glasses shattered when the CD hit it. Now, I'm left with only five glasses, a trip due to IKEA to replace the broken one and an important reminder that Karma does exist. It's about time I get back to abiding by its rules.
Well, some time ago, I learned that Karma is absolutely existent and I used it as the center of my philosophy for living. When you do positive things, you have a light spirit, free of negativity, therefore you are a happier person and you attract positive people and events. Do negative things, and no matter how cold you are, it will remain in the back of your mind, the guilt will consume you and you attract negative people and negative events.
It's great that I learned that. I stood by this philosophy for some time, trying to do positive things and become a positive person. Eventually, I guess the stress of life and the easy way out slowly got me doing things I knew weren't right but would benefit me.
Today, I went to IKEA. I've been going to IKEA three times a week for the past two months and it's driving me crazy. I need stuff for my new apartment, but at this point, I'm not enjoying going there, I'm going there out of need and can't wait to have my place finished. Because my frustration is increasing and my funds decreasing, I was tempted by a negative event today.
I needed to buy cups so I wandered over and picked up a pack of six wine goblets that were $4.99. I took one out and realized how cheap they looked. Price versus quality. Hummm... Right now, I could use saving some money, but I don't want to be stuck with cheap wine goblets. Next to that box were individual hand made wine glasses that could also be used for water or juice. Each was $3.00. I decided to go for the better quality ones and pay the price...... But I couldn't hold six cups in my two hands so I quickly looked for a solution.
As I came up with an idea -- to remove the cheap wine glasses from the box and use the box to hold the expensive ones -- I was tempted by a sneaky way to get those expensive glasses for the price of the cheaper ones. If the cashier scanned the box, I would get all six for one small price.
I quickly remembered karma ... and ignored it. I've been taking it for granted for the last little while. After all, I'll let fate do the decision for me. I'm not telling the cashier to scan the box, if she does, it's her mistake, not mine ... That didn't make me feel any less like a thief.
I approached the cashier, let the box move toward her on the conveyer belt, and voilá, she scanned all six glasses, I paid the full price. I'm free from a life of crime. But wait, I still feel guilty, I still tried to fool them into giving me the expensive glasses for a cheaper price. Add that weight to my collective conscious.
Somehow, I knew that those glasses would not get home intact. I was going to pay for my evil plan. I went to great lengths to prevent karma from getting it's way. When I arrived home, happily, all glasses were fine.
I spent the rest of the evening cleaning and organizing my apartment. I went through some old burned CDs, copied the music to iTunes and planned to discard the CDs. I was lazily sitting on my couch, how 'bout I play a little frisbee with the CD, across the living room, into the kitchen and into the open garbage bin. I threw the CD in the direction of the garbage bin, and with a struck of (un)luck it boomeranged in the opposite direction and straight into one of the expensive glasses!
I couldn't have had that kind of aim if I wanted to. I wish I had security cameras in my place. That was one Kodak moment. One of the $3.00 glasses shattered when the CD hit it. Now, I'm left with only five glasses, a trip due to IKEA to replace the broken one and an important reminder that Karma does exist. It's about time I get back to abiding by its rules.
