Sitting Down with Catherine Ingram
What is karma?
Yet another belief system. There are of course subtle understandings of what karma might mean or imply, but frankly I don’t have any belief in those eiher. The biggest misconception is the belief that whatever bad happens to you is somehow because you deserved it. Something you did in the past called this calamity upon you. On the other hand, if anything good happens based on your altruistic deeds, it is your reward. But again, I see no evidence for this belief system.
Then what is your suggestion for understanding reality?
Stay in your direct experience and in the mystery of life. Then, if you are faced with injustice and you don’t have a story making it all okay, you are much more called upon to try to rectify that injustice. Now, there are many cases where you can’t do anything about it. Then your heart just breaks. But you don’t have an escape clause in either case. You’ve either gotta do something about it or you have to let your heart break.
