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http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/freenet/r...hs/karma2.html

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Karma
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For other uses, see Karma (disambiguation)
Basic definition: Karma is a sanskrit word and a concept of eastern religions. Simply explained, it is a sum of all that an individual has once done during many lives and is currently doing. The effects of those deeds actively create present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life.
Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म), or Kamma (Pali) 'action, effect, destiny'. In Hinduism and, later, Buddhism, it is the sum of a person's actions, regarded as determining that person's future states of existence. The law of Karma originated in the Vedic system of religion, otherwise known as Hinduism or Sanatan Dharma (perennial faith). As a term, it can at the latest be traced back to the early Upanishads, around 1500 BC.

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Kind of like Newton's law about cause and effect?
However, like many good therapies, it says that we are responsible for how we are affected; how we act or react. IMO This is true even to the point that another can be the "cause" but the moment WE determine THEY are the cause, WE are now the cause of our distress. This is especially true for those of us who suffer with mental unwellness... which is proof that we have allowed others' actions to continue to affect us negatively. In a way, this is hopeful, for believing this way we can now have some control and begin to change things for the better for us.