years ago i belonged to a forum that had thousands of folk talking/meandering topics such as politics religion esoteric philosophy and the usual assorted whatevers. there was one gal in particular who maintained (honestly too she believed it) she was born in the plaiedes galaxy. thus she considered herself super special. she was in this life a masseuse. she also liked to engage in arguments with anyone who didn't believe her statements regarding most anything she said. her comments, much like any all idiot politicians who love to say 'moving forward', were just as deflective. such as 'projection', meaning i am not negative you are projecting your negativity on to me. and regarding 'karma', much like the more close minded religious leaders like to say 'you got aides? karma!', she would claim anyone who had a cold or worse, one woman who sparred with her was diagnosed with cancer, she was quick to point and say that she got what was coming for being nasty to her, aka karma.
so, got me thinking about this 'karma' business. the plaiedes gals husband contracted throat cancer, he had several affairs, they got divorced and soon after she fell off the face of the forums. so was that her karma coming back to bite her in the ass or was it simply life happening. seems to me to read more into ones lifelong events or to look for a cool justification for them is more an indication of ones unhappiness. in my mind karma has a last name, that being shmarma.
just my oponion. based, of course, on my many years of knowledge gathering, hands on experiences and thusly mucho understanding.