I have a well rounded understanding of supply and demand.
I have an ample grasp on the cycles of cause and effect.
So, on an slightly unrelated, but very related note, I should establish that I also recognize that karma is a total and utter bitch.
Assuming of course, like me, you define karma as the cause and effect of your actions, or lack-thereof.
I actually have a formidable fondness of the idea that what goes around comes around.
It just seems fair.
And I like fair.
After recently learning that it would be unrealistic to never have had my heart broken, my eyes were opened more than ever to the ideas of karma.
That feeling of absolute certainty you're about to get a spoonful of your own medicine and finally realize how awful it actually tastes, is pretty enlightening. It's made me think twice before taking 1 single step in a direction where I can somewhat see that big ol' spoonful, lurking, burrowed in a corner, because I know damn well I don't want to dish that out again. Or have it dished back on me.
But with all my cautious walking, the less cynical and more appreciative me can't help shake the feeling that there's some rude and tormenting karma out there that refuses to let me go.
Sakyong Mipham (a Buddhist leader) hit the nail on the head when he said: "Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it. "
True...but if it goes unnoticed, then how can you possibly reverse the universe's scheme and make things right?
How often do you need to be hit over the head before you're given the chance to make things right?
Going unnoticed doesn't seem fair. Certainly not as fair as my wonderful idea that what goes around comes around!
Because if you can't see what's coming around, doesn't that mean you probably don't deserve it?
And therein lies the question...how do you distinguish between karma, and just plain ol' bad luck?
Ok.
I'm done with the questions.
I'm off to make a pie full of rainbows and smiles.
Not really.
But I'll settle for a cookie!
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