Blog : karma points

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11/1/2022 6:40 am

karma points

I have never been, and will likely never be, a religious person. Even at an early age I had a healthy disbelief in the whole Christian / Catholic ideology, and admit I spent a fair amount of time searching for and researching alternatives. Buddhism made a lot of sense to me, but ultimately I found my attitudes and ideals leaned more toward Native American than anything else. Nothing was wholly convincing though, so I’ve lived life completely uncertain of whether or not my path is righteous or simply meaningless. Will I go to hell or some other level of being and consciousness? Will my energy leave my body (soul?) and float around until it enters another living being (reincarnation?) or when it’s all over with will I simply fade to nothingness? All of it seems just as likely as unlikely to me, so I never dedicated myself to anything. That doesn’t mean I don’t still have some core beliefs that might be considered spiritual or religious, it just means I haven’t bought into any single ideology or theory or belief system. There’s 1 / one thing I’ve always believed in though, and I suppose it’s just instinctual, and that is the idea of karma. I am certain we get what we give, receive back what we put out, however you want to say it. We get what we deserve.

I’ve lived a fairly selfish life and done some horrible things to people, like breaking into their homes and stealing their cars, but I’ve never done anything to deserve literal damnation. I’m essentially a good person, but definitely no angel, and have sometimes struggled to keep the darker side of me from being the controlling element of my personality. It’s why I’ve been to prison twice, but not 5 / five times, although I suppose luck and a certain amount of skill might have had something to do with it. Ultimately I’ve gotten away with a lot, unless I believe in karma, in which case I’ve gotten away with nothing. That negative energy and intention I put out there has maybe already come back around to pay me a visit, or it is poised to, and the only way to mitigate that sort of thing is to put as much good karma in the bank as I possibly can. So that’s what I’m trying to do these days.

As previously stated, my plan for the future will hopefully include running an animal rescue and sanctuary. That is how I hope to spend my remaining days on this planet. Until then, I can still make some good karma points by spending more time with Ziggy, the African Grey parrot that my sex slave ChrisSwallows owns. He has a good life, but it is better when we interact, and that is what I want to give him while I am around; a better life. It also means I have started taking the edible food scraps I have outside, and making sure the raccoons and nutria get the chance to scavenge them. I’ve even taken a Buddhist approach to this and decided to stop killing bugs, which was my normal habit. I can’t truly answer why they ick me out so much but I used to simply kill them out of sheer revulsion. Now I am trying to live and let live by ignoring all but those who actually land on me, or my food. The ultimate edict is thus; every living creature deserves the right to remain unharmed, by me at least. Following that will help me earn good karma.

Earning karma points goes far beyond how I treat animals though, and in pursuit of that I am also doing things like helping with yard work and construction projects at home. It might not seem very unselfish or altruistic but I am also working on the mental issues I feel negatively affect those around me. It means trying to be social even when I don’t feel that way, and doing my best to watch what I say, how I say it, etc. Any personal step I can take, whether it is altering my behaviors or physically assisting someone, I am doing with the noblest of intentions. I’m not trying to earn my way into a supposed heaven, or even a better plane of consciousness, I just want the opportunity to run the animal rescue and sanctuary to come to fruition. For the sake of their happiness and well being I am trying to earn all the good karma points I can.


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