Life Is (Bizarrely) a Game of Karma — According to Keanu Reeves
How to become a karma badass.
When you truly understand karma, then you realize you are responsible for everything in your life.
It is incredibly empowering to know that your future is in your hands — Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves should have been a philosopher.
The Matrix movie is certainly one of the best philosophy lessons of all time. Keanu moves slowly through the world.
For a long time I didn’t understand why. Now I do.
His life is one big karma game. When you understand karma, life becomes a lot quieter, so you don’t have to make much noise. Time slows down too.
Karma is completely misunderstood — and dangerous
What Keanu philosophy has taught us is to flip the narrative on karma.
Too often karma is an idea angry people post online, or use as a way of wishing someone gets the revenge they deserve. I call this form of karma a revenge wish.
The reference to karma online is more of a “See you in hell you piece of sh*t.”
Using karma to hope your revenge dreams come true is dangerous. It can destroy your positive thoughts and optimism, and place a devil brain in your head. This way of thinking is what Keanu philosophy has disrupted.
I’m a prime example.
I have a tiny number of haters after writing online for 8 years — it’s expected. Keanu taught me not to wish my haters get hit by a yellow school bus. Instead, I wish that they get whatever help they may need.
Or that this hate they have leads them to a revelation that snaps them out of it. I just want to see people do well — not see karma destroy their life and spit on their face and say “take that a-hole.”
Don’t wish people bad luck.
Don’t hope bad people die. You’re not the Grim Reaper. Karma isn’t a tool for revenge p*rn fantasies.
The single greatest investment you can make
Entrepreneur Justin Welsh says that generating good karma is the single greatest investment you can make.
The simple path he recommends is to help others with zero expectations. That’s how you build your karma bank balance. I’ve seen this firsthand.
Those who make decent money online have all mastered the karma game.
Where things can go wrong is when you do favors to get karma points and then start to keep score. Just like you can ruin a marriage by keeping score with your partner, you can ruin the game of karma by doing it too.
Help without expectation to compound the power of karma.
The powerful difference between karma and luck
The two get confused. Oopsie. Gary Vee says karma is not luck. Karma requires work to make it happen. Luck just happens out of nowhere.
He reminds us that when you do work that generates karma, you have to remember not every action has an ROI.
The blissful point of karma
You’re in control. You’re personally responsible — not the government or your boss, or your pain-in-the-ass colleague. YOU.
You decide how you treat people. You decide to help without expectation. You decide to put in the work and generate good karma, rather than relying on luck that will get you nowhere. You decide to keep revenge fantasies from taking over your life.
This realization has been powerful in my life.
When you understand karma, you control your future.
Imagine the freedom that gives you. Imagine the peace of mind. Imagine how much easier it is to take action and work towards your goals.
No person in your life is there by accident
I’m batting way out of my league based on the woman I married.
I met her after a series of epic love disasters. Those disasters taught me the lessons I needed to grow as a person. Once I had the right mix of life skills, I attracted my wife into my life. Not by accident.
These relationships are called karmic relationships. This isn’t some woo-woo law of attraction mumbo jumbo. The point is this: each person has come into your life to teach you something. You’ll experience the lessons of either good or bad karma with every person you meet.
See people as karma lessons. Learn from both. Realize it’s no accident. The person you’ve become is bringing these karma lessons to you.
If you don’t like the karma lessons dished out to you, change who you are to meet the new reality you want.
Karma isn’t a b*tch. Karma is a teacher.
The problem with karma that can sabotage it all
Wait, what?
You can work your entire life for karma and feel like it was pointless. You can’t see karma working in your favor. Karma is invisible. It’s like religion — you believe in good karma or you don’t. There’s no proof it exists.
The worst part is karma helps secretly, later on. Karma doesn’t make things happen for you on your time horizon.
The philosophy of karma is simple. If you want to live the good life then help others, be kind, don’t keep score, and treat every person you meet spectacularly.
Even if karma is total bullsh*t then you still win. Nice
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