The word karma translates into action, deed, a doing. Within both Buddhism and Hinduism, karma is recognized and respected. Many other cultures also recognize the possibility of karma, if not acting or thinking upon it as much. The idea of karma can sometimes be mistaken in the Western world as we have been used to new age pepperings of the word without a thorough understanding. In Eastern cultures, karma is recognized with more clarity.
Karma refers to an action we take, the natural law of cause and effect, and the result of experiencing happenings of like manner. The latter stage is sometimes referred to as an after-effect and can occur anywhen in the future, hours, weeks, years, even in a different lifetime.
If a wrongful action - such as one based on cruelty, anger, hatred, or laziness - is performed, then the resultant after-effect will be negative and akin to the original action. If a rightful action - such as one based on compassion, love, peace, or assistance - is performed, then the resultant after-effect will be positive and akin the original action.
Karma produced in a former life resulting in after-effects within the current life is oftentimes wrongfully seen as bad luck, unfortunate circumstances, injustice, etc. If we do not recognize the existence of karma, we will naturally question where the bad things of life came from and why we are suffering them. Recognizing that we must have done something wrong in a former life, we can take steps to ensure we do not create such an action again, whilst finding the peace of knowing why we are suffering for no apparent reason.
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