My kind of karma cola
Be warned. For this Sunday, I drew from my ATM of thoughts. Don’t know if these thoughts will make sense to you. Whether they do or not, they’re here for whatever worth you think they are:
With the rapid increase in knowledge via books and the advancement of sciences, a breed of people arose, intelligent enough to turn people’s faith in God to their own advantage. They interpreted ‘virtues’ in a way that suited them. Since virtues and morals have no definite standards, keeping the essence constant, their forms were changed. As different men interpreted them in different ways they attracted different followers.
In the pre-historic times, private property did not exist, except maybe a few things like odd-shaped rocks. These, a person guarded with all the physical strength he could summon. Gradually, with the discovery of agriculture, some people started setting barriers around pieces of land to claim ownership. To protect private property, some systems were developed by the rulers, one of which was the police. A man using his property as a capital, with his intelligence, increased it, resulting in additional accumulation of property. This sparked class differences.
Frustration increased among the lower classes since property owners led a far more cushy lifestyle. To prevent this frustration from exploding into violence, in addition to the police, God was brought into the picture. Hastily, some new virtues were created like, “You must be loyal to your lord and master.” Also, the anger of the lower classes was construed as envy or jealousy. This feeling of jealousy was condemned as sinful.
But, as wisdom grew, people realised that what they were led to believe as divine was not so divine after all. For instance, Galileo shattered the myth of earth being flat and proposed the theory that it revolved around the sun. With time, more myths were debunked. It was grasped that quite often, a man who does not value virtues has more to gain. It was seen that a man who cheats society by manipulating the law has more to gain than a person who sticks steadfastly to his morals.
Most of those who worship honesty lead a life of misery. Those who do not, enjoy an incredible amount of luxury. This, many people do not find easy to understand or accept. So, in order to console such people, a theory which is very convenient, came into existence. This was the karma theory. It declares that how you lead your life during this lifetime depends on your behaviour in your previous life. If you are miserable now, it is because you must have sinned in your last birth.
If you behave in a virtuous way now, you will lead a good life in your next birth. This basically suits the people who don’t believe in it since they will have that much lesser competition. So to cut my theory short, I believe that it’s much better to sin in this life and take a chance in the next birth.
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