We aren’t the keepers of truth either lol. It’s all very subjective. But I’ll add our two cents.
Karma as we know it is consequence of an action. If you step on a puddle of water, it will have a ripple effect.
If you smack someone in the face for no reason, you might get smacked back… or the person will yell at you and cause a scene… or will press charges… or will go home and tell a bunch of people that you know and make them look at you differently… or will be turned on and discover they have a kink lol.
For every action, there is a reaction. This is in essence what karma is. But the spiritual karma we hear about is that sometimes, we still suffer the consequences from past lives. That what we do today, might ripple into one of our future lives if our karmic debt wasn’t resolved in this one. Well, the truth is… if you believe that’s true then yes, it’s true.
Our ‘karma’ is determined by our personal morals. If we believe what we did was wrong then by believing what we did was wrong would indicate that innately, we believe that we should be punished for it as well. But if you do what you believe is right, even if you cause others suffering, then you acted correctly within your own morals. You aren’t carrying guilt into your next life.
Unfortunately, the universe does not balance the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. Right and wrong are human concepts. In fact, one might say that our consciousness is the universal force that balances the right and wrong. Whatever we believe it to be. Because remember, we are the very universe itself and we determine the flow of reality with our beliefs. The ALL holds no prejudice, but individually, we do. A negative being’s perception of right or wrong is completely different than that of a positive beings. Neither one is more right than the other.
So does this mean that many of world’s most brutal figures in history have circumvented karma by believing the pain and suffering they caused was the right thing to do? Yes and no. There is something else to it… The anger and hurt of others can latch onto you and create circumstances to rectify the wrong. So it is a complex interplay of what you believe and others believe.
And… there are ways to circumvent that too… So karma isn’t a fixed system. It really just is another word for ‘reaction.’