I don’t believe in karma. And by that I mean I don’t believe in any supernatural or mystical force that has any say or hand into the operation of people’s lives. I believe in science and facts. Basically, I think karma–as a mystical claim–is absolute bullshit; however, I do like to use the word “karma” to stand in for a very real life occurrence. In the second and last part of the Mystic Myth I want to examine “karma” and how the concept can be taken as a very real thing.
I find that musicians are some of the most duplicitous characters on the planet. Not all of them, of course. Just the grand and mass majority of them that I’ve run across. Maybe this owes itself to how musicians are always seeking an audience–always seeking attention. Musicians can’t stand when other people get accolades. It just eats them up inside. “Whey them and not me?” This makes them bitter, judgmental, and defensive.
I’ve run across a lot of people who are truly shitty and awful and it seems like nothing bad ever happens to them. On the flip side, I’ve run across a lot of great people who always seem to have terrible things happening to them. In these situations I always assure myself that karma will eventually catch up to them.
No, not the mystical force of karma but the sentiment that the universe is not inherently malevolent. There is suffering in the world but it is not the rule but the exception. People who seek order and serenity will find it; people who seek chaos will find it.
I came across a musician one time that ended up taking money from me and from some other people. He was a liar, an addict, and a thief. But it seemed like everyone loved him. He had a bunch of friends to defend his actions and enough clout to have everyone believe his nonsense.
I eventually walked away from the situation knowing that karma would eventually catch up to him.
When I say “karma will eventually catch up to them” what I’m really saying is something else. I’m stating a maxim that shitty people will continuously put themselves in shitty situations. Eventually, these shitty situations will catch up with them.
It’s like a criminal finally getting caught. You can burglar one, two, five, seven houses and never get caught. But eventually someone is going to catch you and you’ll not only have to atone for the one time you got caught but for all the other times, too.
So there may be some shitty people out there that are constantly getting away with their bullshit, but rest assured, they’ll get what’s coming to them. Also, the same can be said for good people.
Listen, I’m not laying down any laws or rules of constants here. Anyone can rattle off a list of nice people that had their lives end too soon. I’m well aware of the fact that some very young kids get cancer. I’m aware of how some war criminals escaped the country and avoided trial and punishment. But these are the exceptions and not the rule.
I’ve found that, for the most part, bad people put themselves in situations which increase their chances of having bad things come back to them. The opposite can be said for good people.
Just rest assured that if you ever run across an evil bastard that they’ll eventually get their comeuppance one day.
