Karma has a lot to do with love and relationships, Right? So if someone can be said to be 'Lucky in Love' would that tend to indicate 'Good karma'?

God is Everything.

Amen and everything is natural. There is no such thing as supernatural.

What appears to be magic are creative intentions at work which seem to be very magical. All so-called magic and ritual is merely a means by which a person creates belief in that which they have petitioned (themselves, God or the creative universe) for. The ritual itself is powerless; as are all symbols and charms.

A symbol has no meaning or power except for what the conscious and unconscious mind has given it. They are hypnotic shortcuts to the subconscious that serve to jump start the visual pictures required to manifest desires and intentions.

Where the appearance of magic comes in is that all of life is connected in a holographic type of reality where every action has an effect on everything else.

God is Everything.

Truly.

As far as Karma goes, just realize that Karms simply means Actions.

You are constantly creating new karma with every action you chose to take. So in a very real sense your karma is in your hands.

Don't be thinking of karma as something that going to haunt you from your past. Think of karma as something you create right NOW that affects your future.

Of course your past actions may indeed have caused problems in your life. And you'll have to deal with the results of that "Karma" (of those previous actions). But just the same, you are still fully empowered to begin creating NEW KARMA (new actions) that will become the "past" of your new future.

So just realize that Karma=actions. And you are constantly creating new karma with every action you take. Keep this up long enough, and eventaully and bad karma (bad actions) that you may have taken in the past, will be so far behind you that they will no longer affect your NOW, or your future.

So always view Karma as something that you are continually creating NOW. Not as some mysterious baggage that's going to dictate your future or follow you around looking for a chance to pay you back.

The only way that is likely to happen is if you have done things in the past that may eventually catch up with you, like having robbed a bank or whatever. That kind of Karma (action) may very well catch up with you. But don't feel like every stupid thing you ever did will eventually come back to haunt you. That's NOT what karma is.

Oh My! that was good!

Sounds true,How do You know, Though

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to claim to "know". I'm just sharing my understanding as I have learned it from Buddhist teachers.

It just makes common sense to me, so I thought I would share that with you.

Does it represent absolute truth? Your guess is as good as mine.

All I mean to convey is that it makes sense to me.

What really helped me understand this idea was when it was pointed out to me by a Buddhist sage that the word Karma simply means Action.

That simple insight right there unravels a lot of the mystery of karma, at least for me.

Truly.

As far as Karma goes, just realize that Karms simply means Actions.

You are constantly creating new karma with every action you chose to take. So in a very real sense your karma is in your hands.

Don't be thinking of karma as something that going to haunt you from your past. Think of karma as something you create right NOW that affects your future.

Of course your past actions may indeed have caused problems in your life. And you'll have to deal with the results of that "Karma" (of those previous actions). But just the same, you are still fully empowered to begin creating NEW KARMA (new actions) that will become the "past" of your new future.

So just realize that Karma=actions. And you are constantly creating new karma with every action you take. Keep this up long enough, and eventaully and bad karma (bad actions) that you may have taken in the past, will be so far behind you that they will no longer affect your NOW, or your future.

So always view Karma as something that you are continually creating NOW. Not as some mysterious baggage that's going to dictate your future or follow you around looking for a chance to pay you back.

The only way that is likely to happen is if you have done things in the past that may eventually catch up with you, like having robbed a bank or whatever. That kind of Karma (action) may very well catch up with you. But don't feel like every stupid thing you ever did will eventually come back to haunt you. That's NOT what karma is.

I disagree that Karma = actions. Karma is/are the consequences of actions.

No I just wanted to know the source of Your Knowledge.

P.S. And pretty much all of your stupid and ignorant karma WILL come back to you, so don't make the mistake of thinking you can outrun it.

There is a way, however to get rid of that bad and stupid Karma. Learn by your mistakes. You may have to pay a few fines along the way, but if you learn by your mistakes you will stop creating bad or stupid karma.

Well, there are many sources.

The most productive source I can share would be the lectures given by Deepak Chopra. I own a whole lot of his videos, so it's hard for me to point to any particular one as being the best for the topic of karma. But I think he addresses this concept in many of his lectures.

I could also suggest books on witchcraft, but in those books it's far less obvious that they are actually speaking about 'karma' because they may not use that term directly. They just address similar concepts as their lessons unfold. So the insight from those lessons came from reading large sections of material.

I also learned about this concept in my studies of the Qabalah. But again, this insight came from a much larger picture and I can't just point to a simple exerpt that would boil it down to the simple description I've already given.

In short, I didn't really gain this insight from any single source. I've seen various explanations from many different types of philosophies. But even the Bible uses the common phrase, "We reap what we sow". Of course, that was known to many sages even before biblical times. When you stop and think about it, it's just common sense.

There is also a good college lecture on video by The Teaching Company. It's on the history of Buddhism. That course is 24-lecures long and the topic of Karma is explained there as well.