philosophical stuff...

So, i've never really shared this with the world, but i've always been kind of interested in philosophy, i actually took the liberty to declare myself (and by declare i mean tell my advisor) a philosophy minor at assumption college this semester, i mean, i'm no zach tavlin but i've always just thought it was kinda neat. So, introductions aside, onto this blog post (worst transition ever... suck it). So, (going for the world record in times said "so" this post) for reasons i don't really want to discuss i've been pretty interested in the concept of the universe evening itself out, some people would call it karma, kind of a cause and effect type relationship with the actions a person makes and the kind of luck or things that come their way (not really sure if this is even an actual philosophy thing, hopefully zach tavlin will read this and set me straight, i'm sure he will). So, i got on the ol' google there recently and just kinda started reading as much about it as i could. My findings were actually not all that interesting, and while thinking about what to write in the coming sections of this post i'm kind of drawing a blank on what i want to say that will actually be interesting. I found this one dude who i don't know exactly what his credibility is but he claims that most people's view of karma (corey lasko is actually a huge believer in karma for a fun fact) is wrong because they believe that karma is sort of a force that evens out the universe, but he contends that karma is based solely on the action that is committed therefore there is no cause and effect relationship it's simply an action. For example, he says that an example of bad karma would be cheating or stealing, the conventional view would be that because someone cheats or steals bad luck will come their way, this guy says that the action is a punishment within itself. The point he ends up getting to is that karma is really an issue of morality as opposed to a greater force that governs the universe and rewards the good and punishes the bad. His idea is that karma is something that a person feels within themselves for any action they commit such as the joy of doing a good action or a feeling of guilt from doing something bad. So according to him it's more about the intention of an action rather than the action itself that is meaningful.

Well, this is already my longest post ever, so i guess now that i've completely explained the theory of some guy who no one has ever heard of i'll get on to my opinion. I actually have to admit that i kind of agree with this dude. The notion of karma has always been something that i haven't exactly believed in. While i do believe in some sort of higher being or force (god or whatever) i don't believe that this force is powerful enough to punish or reward every single little action that anyone commits ever (that's alot of actions man). But i do believe that every person is aware of the actions they commit and their consequences and that they feel the impact of those actions inside themselves, which i think is kind of what that guy is saying. Although it may be weird coming from me, a person who most believe to be a huge asshole and not really have any regard for humanity, i actually always have tried to live my life well and although i may be mean to people at times (alot of the time) i can truthfully say that whatever action i take i try to not cause harm to other people and i feel a pretty substantial amount of guilt when i do something. Example: last semester at school in my music class we had a homework assignment that i didn't do, i figured the professor wouldn't actually grade it etc. whatever. The class after we handed it in the professor approached me and told me there was an assignment that had no name on it and asked me if it was mine, i told her that it was in fact mine and i ended up getting an A on the assignment despite having done no work. Now, i must admit that the guilt of that has kind of subsided at this point, but i felt like shit about it, i knew that someone had done that assignment and forgot to put their name on it got a zero and i got an A and i felt shitty about that (hopefully no one from assumption reads this and gets me kicked out of school). But the point is, everyone knows deep down if they've wronged someone, there doesn't need to be a greater force to keep things in order, at least that's my take on it. So, kinda got away from philosophy stuff (if i was ever actually on it?) and onto my own ramblings but ya, longest post i've ever made if anyone reads this i hope they enjoy it. i'm out.