Researchers from Toronto have discovered that people interpret “karma” differently. More specifically, when asked about karma in our own lives, we tend to think of positive examples…but when asked about other people’s karma, we think of the negative. In fact, when study participants described karma impacting others, 92% focused on negative events. However, these beliefs varied by culture. Americans tended to see karmic events as rewards for their own good behavior. In countries where karma has deep religious roots, like India, the double standard was less dramatic. “Many people around the world interpret their life events as caused by the karmic repercussions of their past behavior,” researchers wrote in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. (Study Finds)
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