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Most people misinterpret karma. Pop culture is to blame.
It generally means the net effect of your words and actions.
Dharma involves the words and actions that work to undo the negative outcomes of karmic actions. It is not a cosmic thing out to get anyone. It is not a substitute for the Will of God. It is basically a reference to the negative outcomes that effect ourselves and others. There is nothing magical or mystical about it. Psychology can describe it.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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