Karma Chameleon

You've probably heard the word karma somewhere along the line.

Well, it's actually one of five key concepts of Buddha's teachings, and its very easy to understand.

It's cause and effect on a moral scale. Keep in mind that what you do today, will affect tomorrow. This is an idea that goes back way before Buddhism itself.

What Buddhism does, though, is say that we are the ones who forge our own destiny. We are responsible for what happens to us. There are things that will be out of our control, like conditions and cause, but what we choose to do is still up to us.

So, as you go through your day, as sharp tongued as you may want to be, keep this in mind.

Thoughts, feelings, and speech influence actions. Even if you don't act on your bad thoughts or intentions, a guilty conscience will influence your action. The same for others. And, of course, it works vice-versa for good intentions.

What you put out there, will come back to you in return.

And, as Paul McCartney sang: "the love you take is equal to the love you make."