The simple answer is Karma means more than just the law of cause and effect
I had the best project idea. I had spent nights working on it, hoping my boss would love it.
But instead, Mr. Thompson (name changed) handed my project to Jake, who didn’t deserve it. Plus, he always gossiped about him.
To fuel the fire, he changed my department, where there was zero room to be creative.
I felt like screaming. “Why did he give it to Jake? It was my idea. And I deserve to be in charge.”
At Diwali dinner, my heart was still heavy. My grandpa saw my long face. “What’s eating you up?” he asked.
I spilled out my story, and Grandpa listened, stirring his gravy.
“Sometimes, terrible things happen. You gotta accept it and make peace with it,” he consoled.
“Why always me? Why do all the bad things happen to good people? God doesn’t seem to be liking good people these days. Our neighbor, Mrs. Patel, a gem of a lady, lives a miserable life — she lost her husband in a car accident. Her only kid became an alcoholic, the bank is about to seize her home due to heavy debt, and she got diagnosed with breast cancer. What wrong did she do to receive such punishment?” I blurted out, frustrated.
He just replied a word, “Karma!”
My instant reply was, “ Well, then, Karma is a b*tch!”
Though I didn’t say a word, he sensed it through my facial expression. He smiled, “Most people misuse Karma because they have a myopic vision of this deep spiritual concept.”
“What do you mean?” I asked him to explain because I was spiritually inclined and eager to quench my emotional rage.
That discussion of Karma had a profound impact on my mental stability. It also stopped me from questioning reality because “Everything is fair and just in this world.”
Here’s how:
Based on familiar logic and parallels from Law and Justice’s administration, Indian Philosophy argues that Karma is inevitable to maintain “law and…
