I have one. Is Karma real? Even asking this sounds kind of religious
@MarvelFan. Only lately do I have some energy to discuss things, ha, truth.
[WARNING: Below is opinion, not an attempt to offend anyone]
Yes, Karma is real to a limited extent, though it is a generalisation based on healthy people (depressed, traumatised and etc dont fit the model well), and only works for small groups (society as a whole tends to be built to support the asshole elite so they are exempt from "Karma") here is my reasoning. (TLDR section at the end)
1) Social Enforcement:
If you know a person who is good to you and others and come to like that person you are more inclined to do good to them, and if you meet someone who does bad to others, then same deal. People tend to return what they receive, so if you are generally a dick, it will negatively impact how others treat you and close doors that may otherwise be open.
Example - Good: I can be a difficult person to get to know and my poor social skills have caused me trouble at work, but my boss has mentioned that he noticed me do just random nice things for others entirely unnecessarily and this encouraged him to go a little easy on me because he knew that any problems werent intentional
Example - Bad: My brother can be very selfish and self centred, growing up he was unbelievably so, because of this our little sister was always closer to me than him, meaning he became the odd-sibling-out, something he feels bad about nowadays, both me and my sister have similar tastes, have in-jokes, and a strong understanding of each other, whilst my brother doesnt have that with either of us. He regrets this, and it wouldnt have been the case if he hadnt been such a dick growing up.
2) Sociological Enforcement
Our default behaviour is actually pretty evident in our body language and methods of communication, if you are generally a prick, you are more likely to give off a prick "vibe", just as a nice person is more likely to give off a "good guy" vibe. People like to be near and help people they get a good vibe from, and avoid those they dont, in this way, being generally bad to others can show in your mannerisms and body language and negatively effect how others treat you.
Example - Good: I generally try to be good to others, I have a strong sense of guilt (way too strong) and am also aware of the ideas I am posting here, being good to others tends to come back to you, and so does being bad. (Im no pushover, but I will lean towards nice if I can), this has been reflected in my general attitude and though I can be difficult sometimes, this attitude has caused several clients to back me when they otherwise wouldn't, this actually saved my job a couple years ago, the clients just "liked" me, despite how awkward and weird I was, because they can tell I'm trying to help.
Example - Bad: My head-teacher back at school was a bit of an entitled bitch, she saw us only as statistics she had to raise and rebels she had to crush, she was duplicitous and stanf-offish and even when she was pretending to care, it showed through, because of this, everyone, even the teachers, didnt like her, people did the bare minimum when she asked them for something, they avoided her, and a group of kids even broke into the school over break to graffiti messages about her all over. By comparison, the previous head teacher was an absolute delight, p0eople worked their asses off for him, even a decade later his name is still mentioned fondly, and they named one of the school buildings after him when he retired. The two head teachers did the same job, asked the teachers to do the same tasks, and pushed the school to excel in the same way, but his mannerisms, his attitude, his general vibe was that much better.
3) Psychological Enforcement
If you are a prick to others, it is usually either because you have a very negative world view, or you feel entitled above other people, either way, if anyone crosses you or shows you less than the proper respect, this will be seen as a more severe "bad" event than if you werent just a grumpy entitled arse, and a person who is generally nicer to others tends to be more forgiving or optimistic, more humble, so any negative is cushioned by your own happy bubbly optimism. Your own personality effects your perception of good and bad and can make your life seem better or worse as a result.
Example - Good: By long-time soon-to-be sister-in-law is generally friendly and kind to everyone, always agreeable and tends to accept and go along with what everyone wants to do, because of this she tends to have all kinds of different experiences, generally accepts her failings and any bad events and simply enjoys like as she can, she just generally seems to be happy and content with her lot.
Example - Bad: I can be quite difficult, and it takes a
lot of effort sometimes not to explode at people, if it werent for my overactive sense of guilt and my upbringing, I would probably be a dick to a lot of people, and I revel in passive aggressive displays of revenge on the road, (tailgating me huh? how about we drive half the speed limit for the next 10 miles) I tend to be a miserable sod as a result, life is horrible and dark and I have quite a temper I am always having to wrestle with, even when objectively, my life isnt actually all that bad, if I can finally get my own place I am set... on paper.
TLDR: Karma as a mystical force doesn't exist, but our attitudes, how our behaviours effect our mannerisms and attitudes and how our behaviours, mannerisms and attitudes effect how people treat us in return does (on small scales) emulate Karma and is probably where the idea comes from.
STILL too long: If you are a prick, people wont be nice to you and your life will suck, but if youre nice, people will be nice in return and you life will rule.