Karma

Today I have been thinking about karma.  This idea that when you do something bad, something bad will happen to you really bothers me, because lots of bad things happen to me when I've not done anything wrong myself.  This has led me to conclude that our interpretation of karma must be wrong.

1.  I do something bad.
2. The universe comes to get me.

We assume that when bad things happen to us, it is due to us being bad.  But what if we have the order of events wrong?  Consider this:

1. The universe bites me in the ass.
2. It is now my turn to do something to really hack somebody else off.

I think that when something bad happens to us, it is not 'karma' for something bad that we have done. I think it is the universe giving us permission to be bad ourselves.  So karma is actually reverse karma: when bad things happen to you, it is not your fault.  It is your turn to hide your flatmates porridge, or eat all your boyfriend's food.

Enjoy.