Karma or Luck from March 2012 Yoga Journal

I have posted before that I have a Taoist approach, and a sense of mystery — that no one knows how the Universe fully works — when it comes to Karma, the Law of Attraction and such and "luck" or that bleep happens. I was happy read in Yoga Journal that even within the concept of karma, there is room for circumstantial effects and "luck". Here is an excerpt from Sally Kempton's article "Seeds of Change".

"I can't tell how many times I've heard someone tell a friend who has suffered a run of tough circumstances in his or her job or personal life, ‘You must have done something to bring this on’...Of course, if you text in traffic, you could very well cause an accident, just as if you persistently snack on junk food, you're likely to gain weight. But in many situations, the workings of karma are not so cut and dried. There's no simple, one-size-fits-all answer to the question of why bad things happen. Sometimes we are simply caught up in the collective karma of our time and place. For example, if you live in a war-torn country, you will be affected by the collective karma of that place. If you live in a prosperous country, you will have opportunities that aren't available in other parts of the world. Some things that happen to us are simply accidents or are the result of interweaving circumstances involving other people, political or economic situations, environmental factors, and so on. Any sensible understanding of why bad things happen has to take into account many factors, including events of weather ,other people's mistakes, genetics, and, quite simply, sheer bad luck."

I would add there are also God, ancestor influence, and the influence of other people's intentions. Through working out, introspection, thought, art, expression and relaxation, you will gain more insight for yourself. Then again, there are no guarantees.

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