Humbled by fate, punishment or push to right path? Not long ago, I encountered tough &quot;barrier&quot; in life, tried to break through it but ended up greatly humbled and forced to take step back.
This got me thinking whether I should decouple from earthly desires like career, consumerism and similar.
Was my experience divine punishment (karma) or display of better way ?
Note: I realize this question is not necessarily specific to one religion over other, but I think this community is more accepting to this type of question.
Was my experience divine punishment (karma) or display of better way ?

Kamma doesn't need some divine intervention to take place. It's a natural law like physics. You throw a ball against the wall with a certain force and angle, and it'll bounce back and hit you. You touch a hot kettle, and it'll burn your hand.


Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.




Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow. ~~ Dhp I ~~