Collecting good karma points for the next life - good idea?

[noname223]

I know such a title is quite ironic considering the fact I recently called esoterism superstitition. I also don't believe in karma nor reincarnation. But I cannot rule out it exist.s So my naive thinking is well if there is the off-chance it exists why not scoring some good karma points. Helping people and doing good deeds. However I think ethical principles are probably a better motivation for doing that.

I am not sure whether the mindset of karma can help one's own well-being. I am kind of scared in case karma existed committing suicide would give me automatically a score of minus 6 million and all my good deeds would mean nothing anyway.

Here are some arguments in favor of collecting good karma points:

-positive energy -> it can spill-over to your own happiness I suppose

- improved relationship -> others might treat you better if you are kind to them

-personal growth -> self-improvement it can help to develop qualities like empathy, generosity and personal growth

-spiritual beliefs (that I hated two threads ago)

What do you think?

 

[stoopid]

I takes a huge amount energy for me that I don't go insane and probably hurt other people because nobody is understands what true dispair is. I would say live like that is the biggest potential good karma point giver period.

 

[Ultracheese]

All excellent points, but I'm curious, would the good deeds have to be purely motivated by goodness? If someone does a good deed just to gain karma points, will that be held against them in this system?

 

[noname223]

All excellent points, but I'm curious, would the good deeds have to be purely motivated by goodness? If someone does a good deed just to gain karma points, will that be held against them in this system?

I don't know an answer for that but I hoped someone else could give insights who is more into this topic.