Personal myth: Understanding the rollercoaster of life.
The definition of karma according to Google is listed as follows: "(in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person 's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences." Informally as "destiny or fate, following as effect from cause." I find my personal beliefs to be a slight variation of this definition, something I 'm not sure I really want to believe, but over the course of my life so far, I find a lingering thought sitting in the back of my mind.
This thought I am referring to is less of what you put out into the world will come back to you, but more of that there is a certain balance in my own life that will eventually even …show more content…
It may not seem like the obvious view but if you think about it, those who believe in some sort of deity have different outlooks on life. Depending on how strongly one follows, how much they trust in their God or Gods, and how much their religion impacts their life. I 've never been religious myself, but its easy to see the positive impact that religion can have for people. Those who put their trust in God can be less stressed, another way of believing that fate will run its course, that their deity will take care of them, so they don’t have to worry. I think religion is a comfort for a lot of individuals, a way to answer hard questions that we cant fathom, a way to take the pressure off ourselves, something some people need to stay sane in hard situations they cant understand. While I think some people need religion, I think others don’t. Some people can be okay with the ambiguity of questions unanswerable, can learn morals from life experiences, and can take away from religious stories and life lessons without believing in a God themselves. Just like myths, I think religion is very important for some, and can teach us a lot of things, while giving a lot of insight into ourselves.
The final important variable I want to touch base on is mental health. I think depending on a persons mental condition can heavily impact what someone believes their quality of life to be. I feel like a big portion of my feeling of impending doom when things are going well could be related to depression or bipolar disorder. I tend to have very high ups and quickly crashing lows. Although I take medication for depression and anxiety I feel it can only do so much, and some days its hard to think about what a different person I was when I wasn’t so stable, it makes me feel like I don’t really know who I
The definition of karma according to Google is listed as follows: "(in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person 's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences." Informally as "destiny or fate, following as effect from cause." I find my personal beliefs to be a slight variation of this definition, something I 'm not sure I really want to believe, but over the course of my life so far, I find a lingering thought sitting in the back of my mind.
This thought I am referring to is less of what you put out into the world will come back to you, but more of that there is a certain balance in my own life that will eventually even …show more content…
It may not seem like the obvious view but if you think about it, those who believe in some sort of deity have different outlooks on life. Depending on how strongly one follows, how much they trust in their God or Gods, and how much their religion impacts their life. I 've never been religious myself, but its easy to see the positive impact that religion can have for people. Those who put their trust in God can be less stressed, another way of believing that fate will run its course, that their deity will take care of them, so they don’t have to worry. I think religion is a comfort for a lot of individuals, a way to answer hard questions that we cant fathom, a way to take the pressure off ourselves, something some people need to stay sane in hard situations they cant understand. While I think some people need religion, I think others don’t. Some people can be okay with the ambiguity of questions unanswerable, can learn morals from life experiences, and can take away from religious stories and life lessons without believing in a God themselves. Just like myths, I think religion is very important for some, and can teach us a lot of things, while giving a lot of insight into ourselves.
The final important variable I want to touch base on is mental health. I think depending on a persons mental condition can heavily impact what someone believes their quality of life to be. I feel like a big portion of my feeling of impending doom when things are going well could be related to depression or bipolar disorder. I tend to have very high ups and quickly crashing lows. Although I take medication for depression and anxiety I feel it can only do so much, and some days its hard to think about what a different person I was when I wasn’t so stable, it makes me feel like I don’t really know who I