All-Star Karma! && Overrated!

[cheer8]

I took a 'Religions of the Globe' class last semester..we talked about karma. :D My prof was like 'Yeah..karma doesn't come from hitting your sister. And it's not gonna come tomorrow. It could very well turn you into a snail, though.'

LOL! I took the same class and found there are many ways to explain Karma:
I agree with you on some meanings of Karma and now the afterlife , but I also believe in this as well- Which was a qoute in one of my papers! Action being the main word of purpose and that you can change your Karma by your actions... sorry so long but informative...

Karma is a Sanskrit word springing from the root "Kri" - "to do" or "to make" or more simply, "action". The deeper meaning of Karma can be described as an infinite chain of the results of action that is perceived and performed. Karma is a concept of wisdom, based on the Ancient Vedas and Upanishads, which explains a system where beneficial events are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful events from past harmful actions, creating a chain of actions and reactions throughout a person's reincarnated lives. @kristenthegreat WHICH YOU SAID




Every action, either physical, emotional or mental, every movement occurring either on the plane of gross matter (Sthoolam) or on the astral planes (Sookshma), causes an emission of Energy. In other words, it produces a Seed.

Being a Seed, Karma fructifies or does not fructify immediately after it is sown. The innumerable Karmic Seeds we produce by our various actions - desire, aversion, love, hatred, happiness, etc. will undoubtedly produce, sooner or later, a positive or negative result according to the nature of the seed, if not in this life, then in some future one.

The Vedas propound, "Here they say that a person consists of desires. And as is his desire, so is his will. As is his will, so is his deed. Whatever deed he does, that he will reap."
Karma should not be confused with Fate. Fate is the notion that man's life is preplanned for him by some external power, and he has no control over his destiny. Karma on the other hand, can be corrected. Because man is a Conscious Being and he can be aware of his Karma and thus strive to change the course of events, with the help of superior powers.

SO What is Karma?

The Pali term Karma literally means action or doing. Any kind of intentional action whether mental, verbal, or physical,(this is my other point, physical meaning in sense i broke my finger, I busted in my tumbling etc...) is regarded as Karma. It covers all that is included in the phrase "thought, word and deed". Generally speaking, all good and bad action constitutes Karma.

So as I agree with you, I think Karma is real as you say and there are different kinds of Karma but there is physical happenings that come with Karma, good or bad and I hope the best type of Karma b/c it lies in our hands! God Gave us the option so we need to take it for what it's worth, which worth is AWESOME

 

[cheer8]

sorry main words of purpose is the physical actions that happen to you wether good or bad Karma! It's late and I should be asleep!

 

[cheer8]

you forgot that we live in the western world though not where the karma would turn you into a snail. over here we use it to mean that something bad will happen to you in near future. different places have different definitions for everything.

Yes there are many different ways to explain Karma just depends on where you are from and your beliefs! @kristenthegreat she is right also... you are all right!

 

[dmouth11]

Yea, I wouldn't call it karma exactly--> but it is kinda funny and a real smh moment when someone falls/busts right on the cockiest voiceover of the routine. I also have noticed that teams w/ the cockiest music almost never win (except Top Gun 2010 of course, that music was SASSY for worlds and I loved it!

That being said, I still think its fun when you know enough about cheer/ a certain division to be able to pick up on them. [For example: SOT doing the ray during their 'when they down down' music a few years ago]. Put what you want in your music, but at the end of the day--> the team that's "#1, best, national champion, team that worked hard so to look so good, kick their legs higher, etc etc" will be the one taking the pic w/ the biggest trophy at the award ceremony!

 

[ufomom]

<looks left, looks right> :eek: Once you start chortling over someone else's bad Karma, it's gonna come knocking at your door....knock...Knock...KNOCK!!!!!! Or maybe its room service with sweet tea, but either way, its bad for you...bad luck or too much sugar. :D

 

[Fameous MOM]

Ok so Ill go for it: Maddie Gardner at Worlds went ahead of her team bowed at the edge of the floor she later then fell doing her signature stunt. OH THE KARMA WoOoOoOoOoOo....It's now lived and is now dead. and we could talk about this all day long but it's not really gonna change the fact that the mighty will fall (no pun intended) but I see this turning into a Maddie Gardner fell at Worlds thread so let's try to avoid this...this isn't coming from a CEA fan, this is coming from a Tsunami/WC fan : )

But yes Karma does come and go! so be nice ; )

WOW! Who cares if she fell! She is an amazing cheerleader and a nice girl.

 

[yojaehs]

last year HPU small coed's routine ended with the lines "think you can beat us? ha! you wish. not this year 'cause karma's a *slamming noise*" ....and a girl did a tuck to her face during prelims at that line. oops!

and this is clearly designed to be a hate on CEA thread...

What did HPU's music say this year? I am an alumni and do not appreciate my school being called out when you have NO idea what you are talking about. Thanks

 

[lakerfantlc]

Not a big believer in Karma...I am more of a" Judge not lest ye be judged" kinda girl.....beware of standing in a pile of manure calling everyone stinky....:) Life happens...let's give eachother a break...we all fall short...:) IMO

 

[cheer8]

<looks left, looks right> :eek: Once you start chortling over someone else's bad Karma, it's gonna come knocking at your door....knock...Knock...KNOCK!!!!!! Or maybe its room service with sweet tea, but either way, its bad for you...bad luck or too much sugar. :D

I will never want the bad karma give me the goods, and give me some Carolina sweet tea with all the sugar!

 

[StarshipTrooper]

Not necessarily, there are plenty of other teams that feel the same way and end up not receiving what they thought they were going to get. If it was for CEA I would’ve used them as an example. But yes they would be one of the teams that falls into this category.

Just wondering. How many times have you walked out with your team in a high profile divisison at Worlds? In observing these teams for 5 going on 6 years at Worlds and 12 years at various nationals, behind the scenes they are all confident and cocky or they are toast. I suspect you have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[cheer8]

Round 4
and I have my BoJangles Carolina Sweet TEA!

 

[f5forever]

Another example is U of L. As much as I LOVE them I think it was last year they had all the stuff about "8" in their music referring to winning NCA 8 times in a row....then they didn't. :/ I love cocky music as much as anyone but I HEARD (could just be a rumor) that they went to a comp and some of them were carrying pool sticks because their music had "8 ball corner pocket...yeah I called it" or something. As I said before I loved the music but IF the pool stick thing was true, that was a bit over the top.

 

[The Sixth]

There is just that slight problem that karma, as we Westerners have to come to understand it (or so we think) is COMPLETELY unlike what actual karma really is.

That's too deep for me! I'll have to stick with the westernized version, like I do sushi!:)

 

[kristenthegreat]

That's too deep for me! I'll have to stick with the westernized version, like I do sushi!:)

I just remember there being some huge hoopla when some celebrity mentioned karma and a natural disaster or something of the sort. A bunch of people were like..Uhhhh no. Wrong. lol :D

 

[SlapFire]

The first season I mixed Top Gun Coed, they won NCA Nationals. The next year we started the mix off with. "One Day Top Gun will meet their match, BUT TODAY JUST AINT THE DAY!" we also had the popular "Back 2 Back". Needless to say... things didn't pop off like they were supposed to. I always try to stay clean and not call peeeps out, but If ya come my way, Imma cut ya downa nd bring da pain! (figuratively speaking) Just being real.