It does, it happened in my marriage.

My divorce....lol

Karma WILL come around eventually, but if you sit around wishing bad Karma on your X, you will bring it closer to YOU and that's dangerous. Do your best to keep your thoughts positive and focus on YOURSELF and YOUR HAPPINESS.

I sooooo get what you are feeling. I've been there. I agree with CowgirlKathi, don't sit around wishing and waiting, get busy and focus on creating a new life for yourself. (((HUGS))) When you focus on the EX and what they are doing, it steals your precious space in your head.

I guess it depends what you want Karma to hit back with.

I would sit and dream about my former husband being hit by a bus, or coming down with the bubonic plague.

Now fours year later I realize that Karma comes in small ways. He lives in a basement apartment, I have the house. I have money left at the end of the month, he is in debt. I take the kids on vacation, and he can barely afford to take them to a movie.

He left for greener pastures, and as far as I can see hasn't really found them.

I am happy now being just a family of three. I know he isn't happy.

So yes Karma bites back but differently from what we want at the beginning.

Karma is bullshit

Go to any children's hospital, find the karma in a kid on chemo

Focus on you doing the right things, good things, and remember there are no guarantees if justice in this world

I believe in Karma. I can't account for the bad things that happen to children other than life isn't fair and it's full of very good things and very bad things which is supposed to be some sort of cosmic scale of justice I suppose.

I don't think of karma as a supernatural thing or one that comes anywhere close to happening according to our time tables but I do believe that you generally get back what you put out there.

That said, karma is not worth waiting on. The best "revenge" or "karma" after a divorce is getting out there and leading an authentic, happy life. I wouldn't give up any more real estate in your brain wishing for Karma to serve up some justice.

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I think its a little of both furb. We get what we give out into this vast universe of life. Positive draws positive and negative draws negative. That doesn't mean that fate and unforseen occurrance doesn't also land on us. Kids on chemo didn't deserve what they are dealing with....its just the way biology happened in them. But, their karma lays in being able to rise above or not. Karma is more about attitude than anything else. We have a choice. We sit and wallow and foist negativity out into the world or we pick ourselves up and offer up positivity. Which one brings us greater happiness? That...is karma.

Karma is the result of negative action in an otherwise positive world. Children who come down with cancer are both innocent and pure spirits. They have not violated any Karmic law. The diseases that befall them have simply happened.

It is when an adult makes decisions that are counter to moral law that Karma is invoked. You know the old saying "What Goes Around Comes Around?" That's what I'm talking about. When the X decided ON HIS OWN that he was done with our marriage, he broke Karmic law by violating the sacred vows of our marriage and my violating my trust. The Bible passage "Revenge is mine" sayeth the Lord is what freed me from all sorts of negative thinking about what might befall him post-divorce.

I have worked hard and done my best to make lemons out of the lemonade and my New Life has been fuller, richer and more satisfying than that old one ever was -- even on its best day. Positive energy begets positive energy. That's the bottom line whether you believe in Karma or not.

The thing about karma is that I'd then have to think my ex divorcing me was karma in action at that time towards me. Was I a perfect husband? No. Did I do things that would cause her to divorce me? I'd vote no but obviously she wouldn't agree.

You remember the button? Sh&t happens! Seems the most logical to me.

All sorts of truths to consider. You reap what you sow. You get back what you put out. Everyone has their own free will. We can't control others. The list goes on and on. Which set of facts serves us at the time is what we choose as gospel and even the gospel will change. The closest I'll come to acknowledging karma is merely a play on words. I think things happen because of a reason. The reason may not even involve us but a reason nonetheless was the governing factor. I don't buy into things happen FOR a reason. To a degree, he is the potter and we the clay but puppet strings attached? Naw.

The cold hearted can go through all sorts of scenarios without getting hurt. What we may think may upset their world has virtually little or no impact on them since they are working from such a different perspective. Unless or until something 'breaks' them, they'll feel no remorse. They're headstrong to make dang sure they don't end up looking like a fool. Trading in what they thought was a miserable life for one which really taught them what misery is. How many will eat crow and acknowledge it or even let it show for a even second? Saving face in their disgrace is paramount and they'll pull out all the stops to not only fool others but to fool themselves as well.

For me...Karma is the destiny you create through your own thoughts, actions and behavior. Cause and effect. What goes around comes around. It can be said in so many ways. It is said in many ways through different religions. Bottom line...if you are going to lie, cheat, rob or purposefully deceive..eventually that that you put out....will come back. Karma is personal and self orientated. You have no control over others Karma...only your own. When you are honest and stay true to yourself...treat others as you would treat yourself...you maintain good Karma. That's not to say...bad things do not happen...or face challenges...or even tragedies...what it means is life is still happening around you and you deal with them as best you can and maintain your personal truth and faith while giving to others from your heart. Its all about how you deal with it and how you treat yourself and others.

Even those children in hospital dealing with chemo...to say this is a karmic debt is ridiculous...however...talk with those children...watch them deal with the worst of lifes challenges...even during their worst day...they share love, light and wisdom that many of us can only hope to achieve...I have personally witnessed this. Karma in its purest form.

Whether you believe in Karma or not...chances you do only its described differently depending on your religion. Since we are talking about Karma in reflection to our ex's...I have seen it in living color...it just took a bit of time..Big Hugs...Kathy

I too believe.

I have never wished evil or physical hurt on my exass. Only that he go through a portion of the pain he inflicted on his now ex family. At the time it just seemed like we were only ones hurting.

Yes, he lied, cheated over and over. I can only hope that that will be the same thing that happens to him. Exactly said all, what goes around comes around.

Do I sit around waiting? Nope. I will no doubt hear about it when it happens. Then that will make me smile. But I don't obsess for the day it will happen. I love my life with the family I have. They keep me in the moment. I do my best not to dwell on the past.

Does it happen? Of course, it does. I am still a newbie (2 years post in june) and have those reflective moments. Yet, I pull myself up and think of what I have and what he's missing. Man, I have so much more!

I just noticed a glaring mistake in my earlier response! Probably no one else did, but what I MEANT to say was that I have done my best to make lemonade out of the lemons I was left holding. Actually, I wanted to say something funny about making Margaritas, but I don't like tequila.

I don't know if I believe in Karma. I do believe that if you dwell on good, positive things, those things will come back to you. I see a lot of evil people rise to the top and stay on top (in this life). That does not make me happy but I cannot spend my energy wishing for bad things to happen to anyone (even evil people). My energy can be spent in so much better ways!

I believe in it. My most heartfelt wish is that he would marry someone just like his sister or mother. Then he would be controlled and bullied the rest of his life. The best revenge we have is being happy and content without them messing up our lives. I rather spend my time and energy making sure that I am happy and at peace with the world.