No such thing, and no such thing

No such thing, and no such thing

There are some people who have done horrific things to others that never seem to have their day with karma. I don't know if I believe in it or not.

Karma is a Sanskrit noun which means work (noun). A karmika is a worker. The karma that you refer to comes from the religious belief that your actions /work affect your life and the life in next incarnations. One popular verse from Bhagavadgeeta that refers to karma says "कर्मन्येवा अधिकरास्ते, मा फलेशु कदाचन" meaning that you're entitled to your work and not it's result. According to Bhagavadgeeta no sin can be committed by you as far as you are doing your duty. Who assigns your duty? I do not know! Some says it is determined by your birth. So if one is born in an upper class it is because he or she did good deeds (karma) in the previous birth. By always doing good deeds, you can ultimately achieve "Moksha" or liberation.
This is the importance of karma in Hindu beliefs. I don't agree with it, but it is very interesting.

I like the concept of karma, but certainly do not believe in it. To some extent, a kind person will typically receive kindness back, because people recognize that, but there is no cosmic justice. Some terrible people have utterly fantastic lives and some wonderful people endure a lot of awful and far too little good.

As for soul mates, I think it is ridiculous to believe there is one right person. There are people with whom you are compatible, and finding one who is just right for you is rare, but it is just compatibility. The need to find "the one" is so fatalistic--find someone fantastic and be fantastic with them. If something happens to that, do it again.

It’s like astrology; you see lines where their otherwise are none.

Karma really has been misinterpreted. It is nothing more than cause and effect. If you do something there is an effect but it doesn't necessarily mean that you are rewarded or punished for what you did. It is more that what you did has affected others.
Soul mates also doesn't necessarily mean your life long perfect companion. It more or less means another person, male or female, who you are synaptic with.
So nothing at all woo-woo about these 2 words. They have just gotten misused in jargon

Karma? is self fulfilling. soul mate? no.

I fond words like these very hard to actually divine meaning from - I don't agree with the idea of soul mates because so often that is a fleeting thing that falls apart when they meet yet another soul mate and someone gets ditched - I don't feel I am a soul mate to my partner just best friend and always got his back and he mine. Karma is a word I think that means when something good or bad happens we could attribute it to anything at all and Karma is one way of thinking we get payback for being a good guy or payback for doing something bad on someone - Words are often sleekit wee critters!

You could add a third topic, religion, cause I'm just calling bs.

If there are soul mates then she has done a great job hiding from me.

Neither exist. Both are man made. Karma is repulsive and ridiculous. Imagen something deciding what you did wrong and how to punish you. It is also immoral to want anyone to suffer in anyway shape or form. Soul mates is a cute idea if we had souls. But you can be the perfect person for another in a relationship standard. It would be created from chance just like everything else.

Karma was "invented" in order to maintain the caste system. Those of lower castes were placated, thinking if they fulfilled the duties of their caste well they would be reincarnated into something higher. And, if they didn't they would come back as something even more lowly.

So, Karma isn't a bitch--it's a myth.

As for soul-mates. As I don't believe in souls, I don't believe in soul mates. And, out of all of the people on the planet, there is/will be more than one who could be a "perfect" match. The difficulty is in trying to find one of them. Sadly, it often never happens; but, it does happen--and sometimes right away.

1. Karma is a Hindu myth that practitioners of new age religions have misinterpreted and codified into a ridiculous agent of cosmic justice.

2. The idea of soul mates is absolutely ridiculous. Wouldn't a divine entity be required to arrange all of the "soul-matches?"

Karma is like praying for miracles. expecting either one will leave you unfulfilled. If Karma were real my ex wife would have died years ago. I have a 30 year marriage to what some people call my soulmate. I don't really believe in one soulmate but we both seem to gravitate toward each other instead of away from each other. We enjoy the company of the other and do most things together........call it what you will.

1. Karma; they say karma is a bitch but in reality karma is just bad luck and the fact that bad things often happen to good guys is just how the world works. E.g.a lady will rarely go for the man who treats her right but will navigate to that guy who is just an ass (excuse my French).

2. Soul mates; I used to believe that when I still believed in fairy tales but my dear reality is harsh. The only soul mate you shall ever get is the one who walked away. Everyone else has to work to get what they need.

The karma theory is a bit like the Santa Claus/ heaven scenario. I E do good and you'll be rewarded with goodies. On the other hand, people who try to do right by others will be happier just because it's a great way to live. And happy people find good things in life. So maybe it works in that sense.
re: soul mates, I'm inclined not to believe "there is ONE for you, you just need to find her(him)". It seems more like, there are many with whom you'll feel connected and drawn. And circumstances might change. But I'm surely not an expert.

They're important to some people. Not me.

My stance would be that both are romantic ideas for trying to impose order on the chaos and uncertainty of human existence.

Karma is only real to the extent of what goes around comes around. If you're an asshole people will eventually figure it out.

I don't believe that we have mind without brain (souls beyond body do not exist) so the idea of a "soul"mate is false. However, I am unable to explain why I fell so hard for the one I love the most. She is conservative and Christian I am a far left liberal and atheist. To me she is the most beautiful woman I have ever met and I love every new wrinkle and blemish, they only add to her beauty. It must be pheromones. We were friends and lovers for five years now we are friends.

Karma or it's western equivalent of natural justice is a contradiction in terms as nature does not recognise the concept of justice. It is a man made concept based on the quaint notion that 'bad' people who escape society's justice should be punished for their deeds.
Soul mates requires the belief in a soul. Although everyone is unique i don't recognise the prescence of a soul as it is usually described. Some humans are drawn inexplicably toward others.

I used to believe in both, now I believe in neither. The concepts carried forward in me much longer than they should have, I clung to them, hoping they were true. But ultimately I came to view them the same as any superstition: They have no place within me.

I do believe we reap what we so in the sense that cruel people will be met with cruelty by other people and that cruel people tend to be stupid. I also believe in fate in that we don't truly have free will. I expect that in the future human behavior could be perfectly predictable as it is a reaction to circumstance, not a unique choice. Thus love too is somewhat predetermined. That said I don't necessarily believe in souls. It is a possibility, but it seems more likely the genetics and environment alone make us who we are.

I think karma is a mechanism through which we learn about space. Soul mates is a way to define the appreciation of things human. I consider them both philosophical ways to define ways of controlling life. I like the way language works to facilitate understanding of the complexity of life.

1. Karma: If you're a dick don't complain when someone is a dick to you.
2. Soulmates: Humans are emotionally driven creatures, and this an example of powerful emotional bond.