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Kismet or Karma
Fate or Free will. Kismet is fate. Karma is how your actions set in motion a cycle of cause and effect.
I have a hard time with fate. Then why agonize over decisions if it is already fated?
I choose Karma. I want to weigh the decisions I make and know that I am responsible for the events that follow. I also believe that humans need something more to believe in. A moral compass to guide them. Many people ignore laws because they don’t see how they apply to them but with Karma everything you do has a direct impact on you. You, the most important person in your world. People pay a little more attention when they know that it will somehow affect them. If the threat of Karma coming back to you in a bad way keeps someone from hurting others that is wonderful.
Karma, in the common usage, also has a little more immediacy than waiting until your dead with the potential of Hell for eternity. I think the fact that you could suffer now gives it a little more weight in day to day decisions.
Spread some good Karma today; even if you believe in Kismet.
I definitely believe in Karma. The results of kindness are plain to see everywhere you look; as are the consequences of the the other stuff.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. :-)
Karma has proved to me to be the way to go. When I think of the consequences of my actions or words and how it could come back to me, I often change it for a better way.
ReplyDeleteKatie atBankerchick Scratchings
Here, in India, a bad karma from the past is often blamed if one is having a difficult time. Maybe that is one way of gaining strength to overcome that adverse situation.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting post, KAT.
Dropped by here to say hi to a fellow A-Z blogger :)
I'd like to believe in karma but it's taking a hell of a long tome to come bite the ass off some people I know who have always been selfish and nasty....Me? I'm staying nice...just in case :)
ReplyDeleteI love your sassy comment. That is just the comment I was hoping for.
DeleteI hope there is karma because I'd like to believe we reap what we sew.
ReplyDeleteI visited your blog and had to choose mainewords. I'm from coastal NH and could walk over the border and miss all things NE. thanks for the webcam link. It was a nice way to start my morning, lunch for you.
DeleteHi Kat, I'm a S. Ca girl that grew up on the east coast as well. I've always liked the way the word kismet sounds, but I don't believe in fate. I'm more of a karma kind of girl.
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DeleteThanks for stopping by. We transplants have got stick together. It is amazing how attached I am to the sights, sounds and smells I grew up with. When I visit the ocean in CA it is not the same as it is missing the wonderful briny seaweed smell that accompanied all my visits to the Atlantic Ocean.
Visited your blog and became a follower. I am excited to follow you through the challenge.
What a lovely explanation thank you of the difference between kismet and karma thank yu! I reckon be kind whenever one can and karma will treat you kindly back!
ReplyDeleteSusan Scott's Soul Stuff
Life is filled with consequences. What we do in the present tends to influence a lot of what happens to us in the future. Wishing you tons of good karma for the weekend!
ReplyDeleteLee
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Tossing It Out
Twitter: @AprilA2Z
What a lovely explanation of the difference between kismet and karma thank you! Just be kind whenever you can - one's karma will always be kind back!
ReplyDeleteSusan Scott's Soul Stuff
Good post! I loved that you pointed out the 'cause and effect' of our actions. :) I found it interesting that I was deciding between Karma or Kismet this morning for my post. I chose Kismet and you chose Karma. What a coincidence. :)
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A to Z April Blogging Challenge
http://mauldinfamily1.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/k-is-for-kismet/
Why agonize over decisions if they're fated? Because you're fated to. Can be a bummer of a system, if you're fated to find it a bummer.
ReplyDeleteJohn at The Bathroom Monologues
Some believe that free will is just an illusion.
ReplyDeleteIn charge with a Large 'K'...that's me, too!!! Great explanation of the two 'K's without offense to either. That's often hard to do. Well done!!!
ReplyDeleteVisiting from Lee's Kick-Off List. I'm glad to meet you...hmmmmmm, I wonder if it was fate.
Sue CollectInTexasGal
AtoZ LoneStar Quilting Bee
Never heard of kismet before, and I've never tied karma with free will but it does make sense. I learned something new today; thanks for sharing! (oh, and yes I'm a K for Karma girl as well).
ReplyDeleteChontali Kirk
chontalikirk.blogspot.com
The thought of fate(kismet) is wonderful. The innocence of meeting someone by chance as you are walking down the street and them just so happening to be the love of your life is like finding a tiny red grain of rice sitting amongst over a million grains of black.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet like many things, Fate is almost like a mythological creature . . . you want it to be real . . . but unless you see it or feel it yourself it's always going to be a mystery.
I love this post . . . karma vs Kismet... what a great K post!
Dropping by from A-Z !!!
So curious that my brother just wrote about kismet and how he has problems with fate also. :) Thanks for sharing. Happy a to z :D
ReplyDeleteKat, I'm on a similar page with ya, Karma's much more appealing :)
ReplyDeleteVanessa has an interesting take on fate, in regards to soulmates.
For myself, I lean towards life blending a paradox of the two.
Free will within creative life/destiny constraints.
Just like creativity exists everywhere else. Creativity within job constraints. Creativity within relationship constraints.
It is the 'limitations' of life that provide us with our chance to show off our own Karma :)
P.S. I just came from another #AtoZChallenge blogger who wrote about Karma.