[QUOTE=Miss Hepburn;52738427]Do we 'get' good karma or do we simply create karma period...good/ bad...is living in duality...
karma just 'is'....like a boomerang...is that good or bad?

I never commented on the word punishment.
Cause and effect...you plant corn, you don't get tomatoes.
You sow deceit ---you don't get roses in return.
No punishment :)...that may be a left over subconscious belief from Judeo-Christian tall tales.

Karma is George...

[QUOTE=FrancaisDeutsch;52721810]Yes, bad actions have consequences. We don't always believe it until it we see it and feel it with our own eyes. Bad karma can manifest itself through mental distress, too, or things such as financial ruin, disease, etc.

Always strive for a pure heart. Not easy - but if we meditate correctly, over time we will only desire more and more to have a pure heart.

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I felt great peace the night after I posted...

:o[QUOTE=diversitylove;52660039]I feel like the careers that would generate the best karma are Doctor & Humanitarian. Basically, jobs that help people. I wish I had pursued becoming a doctor when I was 17. The way I see it if everyone who desires to make the world a better place became a doctor we would be closer to healing every sickness, living forever & bringing back the dead. I'm bummed about it not being taught in elementary - high school. I know it's unfair. Since I am unable to go...