>>3394
OP further commenting: I like to think it exists or not rule it out. It gives my life more meaning to believe in it.

I like to "collect" good karma sometimes by doing little good things or I think of karma sometimes when I do them in everyday life. Don't get me wrong. I'm not an especially good person. I have been working hard on myself in the last couple of months though.

One thought I had recently that felt very good is that I can quickly gain good karma if I want to by not only treating others well or fairly but also by treating myself well. I'm someone. My needs have to be taken care of. Doing that job and doing right by myself is a good deed. It should align with the rules of karma especially when self-care requires effort sometimes. This helps me trick self-neglect sometimes. I wanna practice such thoughts more.

I know karmic retribution exists. I seen it but apparently, it's only "emotional."

>>3412
Interesting. Any examples?

Karma isn't real there are too many people who get away with too much evil

>>3394
As a concept it's hard to support if you don't also believe in reincarnation, as without reincarnation, all the retribution would have to come in the person's life to be valid. Reincarnation takes up the slack by just offloading any of the negative comeuppance you don't see onto the person's next life.

>>3446
Sure. I seen things reverse themselves, etc. none caring exes get depressed. A ex who left me during my miscarriage is now divorced. A ex who attacked me is sucidial. People who ignored me in junior high are now being ignored themselves. Healthy people who were nasty to the sick are now sick themselves.

>>3466
I donno, maybe it's cause or effect too.

>>3446
not the one u replied to but i feel like an example of this is the richest people are often unhappy

>>3534
Good example. They spend a life in luxury to disguise their emptiness and secrets.

>>3534
I know a lot of people say this and it's commonly the case in stories but I always felt like this opinion was just a cope from poor people. I know being rich isn't exactly all its cracked up to be, but to say poor people have it better couldn't be further from the truth.
Maybe rich people have their own troubles but they still don't have to worry about how they'll possibly afford bills for the month and that by itself is a much more comfortable life.

Former Buddhist here (family’s religion) and I’ve always doubted the whole karmic retribution thing until I’ve seen what happened to people who wronged me (in this life, current timeline). Mom was extremely abusive and violent towards me and my brother, dies in a car crash. Ex gf who was abusive, triggered my panic attacks, and mocked the people with mental illnesses now has developed anxiety and has panic attacks from time to time. Do you think these are legit examples of karma irl?

I don't rely on karma. If it's worth it I'll try to have my revenge, if it's something petty I'd rather forget it, why waste your energy on dumb shit

>>3447
Yeah. Every carnist is a monster (i.e. like 98% of humans), yet they don't suffer proportionally to the suffering they cause factory farmed animals. I always think of that whenever the absurdity of poverty or unpunished moid behaviour is particularly striking and painful for me - I shouldn't be that surprised, there are greater injustices and their victims are calves.