Often people who flaunt their desire to be seen as Buddhist talk about Karma. Even Buddhist priest
will bring up the subject of Karma.
In actuality Karma is a Judaeo/Christian concept: the idea that you will somehow be punished
for your bad deeds. Christian preachers
tell you if you don't drink the cool-aid you are going to Hell – that’s Karma. I use to have a high school English teacher
who would, when I had committed some infraction, look me in the eye and say, ‘Be
sure your sins will find you out.’ She
believed in Karma.
In reality, life doesn’t work that way. Good people suffer or die horribly every day,
while evil villains often flourish. It
is more a matter of chaos: being in the right place or being in the wrong place
at a particular time, and making some decision that results in a later outcome. A good or bad outcome, retribution, has
nothing to do with it. There is no
cosmic scale that balances good and evil.
We blunder through life and sometimes we get away with it and some time
we do not.
Sometimes Karma is a bitch.
the Ol’Buzzard
