{"id":3332,"date":"2013-04-26T17:44:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T17:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetofsuccess.com\/blog\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2018-12-09T20:42:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T20:42:45","slug":"karma-a-system-of-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetofsuccess.com\/blog\/karma-a-system-of-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Karma &#8211; A System of Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is also known as you reap what you saw.\u00a0Most people associate with the Indian religious concept karma some kind of revenge-mechanism that \u2013 more or less instantly \u2013 punishes you for every bad deed. That is if they believe in karma at all and have taken some time to ponder about it. But mostly, one only hears about karma when it\u2019s referred to in a joking manner.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While most know that <strong>karma<\/strong> is treated in the Buddhist religion they do not know that similar concepts have also spread in Western culture, only under different names. 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