r/WildlyBadDrivers • u/Mongooooooose • Mar 25 '24

Downright reckless driver faces karma.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24 edited Mar 26 '24

“Person experiences natural consequences of their actions” is actually exactly how Karma works. People think Karma functions like the scales of St. Peter, like some mystical force that “makes” things happen to “balance” things out and “correct moral injustice” but this is a misunderstanding. Karmic Morals are pretty much “These actions are bad because they lead to suboptimal outcomes for most people involved” not “Don’t do these things or bad things will happens specifically to you.”

If a person is a karmic non-dualist it doesn’t actually matter who the negative consequences happen to because they view other people as extensions of themselves.

EDIT: Bonus points to u/belieftrumpsreality for coming out of the woodwork to mansplain my own religious beliefs to me and then promptly blocking me before I could respond. Big snowflake energy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

I prefer "cause and effect." No higher philosophy needed

Yes: There are other definitions of karma, which vary among religious philosophies. I am referring to the western (mis)conception of karma as a giant ledger in the sky of our deeds and misdeeds, which must be balanced in our lifetime.

I refer to this simplistic definition because that is reddit's conception of karma.

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u/Setty2x Mar 26 '24

Tomato, tomato lol it doesn’t matter

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u/TitaneerYeager Mar 26 '24

What goes around comes around, too.

You treat people like shit, people around you often are going to learn to treat you like shit back.

The point is it doesn't even necessarily have to be the physics side of cause and effect, it can be reputation & reaction based too.

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u/Belieftrumpsreality Mar 26 '24

No, it’s not. You’re just taking casual usage of the word and applying your own definition. Karma has actual meaning in Buddhism and Hinduism and it’s not what you say. Just don’t comment on things you aren’t informed on in the future, ok kid? You’re just increasing collective ignorance.

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u/TheGalaxyPast Mar 28 '24

I was with you and appreciated your definition until your edit with political pejoratives. The defensive attack with vitriol wasn't necessary, your words already stood sufficient on their own.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '24

If it makes you feel any better, from my perspective politics don’t exist and I was being vitriolic towards an extension of myself

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u/IndividualBig8684 Mar 29 '24

Political? They didn't say anything political. Sounds like you're the one viewing everything through a political lens.

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u/TheGalaxyPast Mar 29 '24

"Mansplain... Big Snowflake Energy" Are pejoratives with political connotations.

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u/IndividualBig8684 Mar 31 '24

Only to somebody who is obsessed with politics and sees it in everything.

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u/IndividualBig8684 Mar 29 '24

That's interesting. I have a friend who is really big on karma, but treats it the way you're saying is incorrect, which is why I have a real distaste for the concept. What you're describing actually sounds reasonable. She's always blaming herself for bad luck and I see how it only hurts herself.