A to Z Quick Chat 87 | Do you believe in karma?

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack talk about whether or not they believe in the idea of karma. Transcript: 00:00:01 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast, where Jack and Social take you on a journey from learning the basics to mastering the nuances of the English language. Our podcast is designed for non-native speakers who are looking to improve their English skills in a fun and interactive way. Each episode covers a wide range of topics. 00:00:23 Jack From grammar and vocabulary to slang and culture to help you navigate the English speaking world with ease. 00:00:36 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we are doing another quick chat episode and today's question is, do you believe in the idea of Karma? 00:00:52 Jack And Karma is the idea that your actions come back to. 00:00:57 Jack You in some way. 00:00:59 Jack So do you believe in Karma? 00:01:04 Xochitl UM, OK, I'm conflicted. As of typical Gemini. 00:01:08 Xochitl I have like. 00:01:08 Xochitl I always have two opinions about everything and this is one of those situations where I have two opinions on Karma. 00:01:19 Xochitl Basically, I know that psychologically and logically, the world doesn't work that way. You don't get rewarded for good behavior, you don't get punished for bad behavior. I think a lot of it comes from our religious ideals. 00:01:36 Xochitl That there's like some kind of ultimate reward for the behavior. But I think if that were true, we wouldn't see a lot of like. 00:01:46 Xochitl Poor people who work really hard, still being like poor enough to starve forever or rich people who rip everyone off, like still being. 00:01:56 Xochitl Billionaires. You know, I think. 00:01:58 Xochitl Ultimately, logically, I believe that Karma is probably a non sequitur, which for our viewers who don't know what that means, it's means it's not really relevant or it there is no like link between these. 00:02:12 Xochitl But like spiritually on some level, I do believe in it and I have experienced it. And as we talked about in our last episode, sometimes I think we go back and like apply. 00:02:27 Xochitl The things that we believe in, like we see our memories through a filter. So it's like maybe I did something bad and a lot of bad things happen to me and I'm going to see it through the filter of like cause and effect like because I believe in karma these bad things happen to me because I did something bad and recently that kind of happened. 00:02:49 Xochitl Had a couple of bad things happen already. At that point I think, but I lied about something pretty major to someone. 00:02:58 Xochitl UM. 00:03:04 Xochitl I will come clean about it. You know soon enough. But I did lie about something and I really dislike lying, which also can be another thing, potentially the stress. 00:03:17 Xochitl Of doing something that you morally don't agree with, I think also puts some strain on your health and stuff, but I lied about something pretty major to someone important to me and. 00:03:31 Xochitl After that I got like sick. I got my kidney infection. I twisted my ankle and a lot of stuff was going on and I was like, OK, I'm this is my fault because I did something bad that I morally disagree with. And because of that, Karma is coming back to bite me. 00:03:48 Jack Right. 00:03:50 Xochitl Yeah. However. 00:03:51 Jack OK. 00:03:52 Xochitl Just so the quick side note that person did like some really terrible things to me and they seemed fine. So like what I mean is like, I don't know if I truly, but at least for myself personally, I do believe in. 00:04:05 Xochitl It sometimes how about you, Jack? 00:04:09 Jack You know in. 00:04:10 Jack In my own personal experience, I find that. 00:04:16 Jack In in like close relationships with people that that like like your example of like lying to each other or those kinds of things. 00:04:27 Jack I do believe in Karma on a on a small scale on a sma