Have you cheated or been cheated on?
Then you know how painful it is.
But what if it has long-term spiritual effects as well…?
Let’s ask what we’re all thinking:
Does cheating create bad karma?
1) Cheating is a form of self-betrayal
When most of us think about cheating, we think about the damage the cheater does to his other half.
The lies, tears, and feelings of unworthiness and disrespect on such a deep level hurt.
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But from the perspective of a cheater, even one who has never been caught, cheating is a form of self-betrayal.
When you cheat, you also cheat yourself.
You are too cowardly to end a relationship you don’t love and you try to double down to get emotional validation in more than one place and more than one relationship.
It’s weak and creates bad karma…but not in the way most people think about karma (something I’ll explain later).
2) Cheating destroys the most important relationship in your life
One way cheating creates bad karma is by sabotaging the most important relationship between you.
He’s not the one you have with your significant other…
The truth is that most of us ignore a very important element in our lives:
The relationship we have with ourselves.
I learned about this from the shaman Ruda Yande. In this real, free video about cultivating healthy relationships, he gives you the tools to plant yourself at the center of your world.
It covers some of the biggest mistakes most of us make in our relationships, such as habits of codependency and unhealthy expectations. Mistakes that most of us make without realizing it.
So why do I recommend Rhoda’s life-changing advice?
Well, he uses techniques drawn from ancient shamanic teachings but gives them his modern twist. He may be a shaman, but his experience of love was not much different from yours and mine.
Until he found a way to overcome these common issues. This is what he wants to share with you.
So, if you’re ready to make that change today and cultivate healthy, loving relationships, relationships you know you deserve, check out his simple, real advice.
3) Cheating does not create bad karma the way most people think
Part of the problem with sabotaging yourself is that you guarantee that your life will be a disappointment.
The truth is that most people misunderstand what Buddhism means by “karma.” They think it means more or less getting what you deserve.
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It means reclaiming our ideas about the kind of energy and actions we put out into the world.
This does not always mean that actual “bad things” will happen to us if we hurt people, for example. It can mean that we are struggling to find love because we have severed our connection to the love within us.
In the same vein, helping people around you does not mean “good” things will happen to you. It simply means that you will grow as a person and feel happy about the proactive role you play in the world.
4) What kind of energy does cheating generate?
Since karma is just energy that we create, the next logical step is to ask what kind of energy cheating generates.
When someone betrays someone, they create four main qualities of energy:
Betrayal of trust
Renouncing love and belittling its value
- The deceived person feels unworthy
Anger, sadness, and despair of the cheated person
These are not easy feelings to create. They are full of pain and turmoil.
They are not “bad” per se, because viewing feelings as “good” or “bad” is part of the kind of dichotomy that increases suffering and self-deception in our world.
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but it is hard. They hurt. It can take time to get over and lead to energy blockages and despair.
So, if you are creating this kind of energy and promoting it into existence, it is fair to then ask what this leads to.
This brings us to the next point…
5) What kind of bad karma does cheating cause?
Cheating creates karma of disappointment and internal betrayal.
If you are the one who cheats, you are creating a lack of trust not only with others but also with yourself.
As Barbara O’Brien explains:
“Karma is an action, not a result. The future is not set in stone.
You can change the course of your life now by changing your volitional (intentional) actions and self-destructive patterns.
By betraying someone, you are essentially building a house on a shaky foundation.
There is still an opportunity to change and become a different person, but it holds you back a little.
By cheating, you have written the equivalent of a bad spiritual check…
It will backfire and get you kicked out of a lot of places, situations, and relationships:
Including your self-esteem.
6) Think more seriously about karma
The thing about karma is: that it never stops or reaches a “plateau” where you have achieved it and life is now perfect.
Karma is energy and movement. It is ongoing and evolving.
Even if you meet the love of your life, there are still challenges and lessons in that relationship that you didn’t expect.
Maybe one or both of you still decide it’s not going to work out and break the other’s heart.
The thing about a relationship in which you were betrayed or cheated on someone is:
What karma led to this?
If karma never stops, what kind of energy and emotions led to the kind of situation you are in now?
Did the person who was cheated have “bad” karma?
Well, no! But they had patterns and energies from previous relationships that somehow allowed them to trust and fall in love with a cheater.
Bad karma was the situation itself and its outcome, not any kind of divine justice.
7) Will most cheaters face any real punishment for what they did?
On the last point, it is worth investigating further whether cheaters will be punished for their sleazy behavior.
As I said before, karma is really about the energy you put out there and the reality and standards you create for yourself…
It’s about suddenly getting an external punishment or lightning strike.
The truth is, there is no earthly “price” that a cheater always pays.
But sometimes there are still serious consequences that can be considered karma in the typical sense…
Mary Miguel discusses this in an interesting article where she writes:
“Instead of being due to a magical force, a cheater’s karma can come as a natural result of his or her actions.”
8) Some possible bad consequences of cheating
No matter how much we think about karma in a more general and spiritual way, we cannot deny our human desire to get a little payback.
So let’s take a look at some of the terrible things that can happen to someone when they decide to cheat (get the popcorn):
Sexually transmitted diseases can be one of the unfortunate consequences of extracurricular foreplay
Breaking up with another person and getting arrested, beaten, or publicly shamed for it
Getting a bad reputation for being a cheater spreads around town and discourages future dates
Depression and regret can be other after-effects of putting your private parts where they don’t belong
Of course, there is no guarantee that any of this will happen.
Some people cheat and seemingly get away with it. Additionally, if the cheater is still sleeping with his or her partner, STDs can go both ways…
But it’s still somewhat reassuring to know that sometimes there’s at least a little payback for the ugly act of cheating.
9) Good karma versus bad karma in relationships
The idea of good and bad karma in relationships is generally dubious.
It’s difficult to trace back the way most people think of karma.
Nonetheless, this concept is important and it exists in a certain way.
Having good karma and energy will tend to attract positive and enriching relationships your way, meaning feeling content and joyful will tend to attract more of that.
Many people engage in toxic, horrible relationships not because they “deserve” it, but because their energy of victimhood and pain smells like the fresh blood of a predator.
This is why developing personal strength is so important so you don’t get manipulated.
10) The problem of excessive belief in karma
The problem with believing too much in karma is that it can act as a cheap wish-fulfillment fantasy and lead to a cycle of victimhood.
If you are cheated on, you hope and expect that the person who did it will get some external payback.
If you cheat or want to cheat, you think of karma as a kind of cruel principle that you need to overcome or appease to make up for what you did or want to do…
But that is not the case…
And people need to grow up.
Some people who believe in karma engage in a lot of wishing.
Here at Hack Spirit, we’re more interested in the truth than just providing people with the easy answers they want to hear.
As Susanna Weiss wrote here, some psychics claim that you pay a “karmic debt” when you get cheated.
Come on now, that’s crazy talk.
Karma is the energy resulting from good or bad actions. However, the idea that this leads to external outcomes is too simplistic.
Often, the deeper damage caused by bad karma is tearing someone apart on the inside, not the outside.
11) A fascinating perspective of Islamic theology
One of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century was a Jewish man named Leopold Weiss, born in Lviv, Ukraine in 1900.
As I reported here from Ukraine in 2019, Weiss converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Asad.
He later became a world-famous theologian and a foundational figure in the Islamic world, making notable translations of the Qur’an and interpretations that are still highly regarded today.
One of the things that Asad pointed out is that the Quran says that the guilty person is not always punished in this life in any way that we see him.
Often, betrayal in relationships and other evil actions lead to more subtle, but even worse, effects.
It causes God to remove situations, people, and experiences that have the potential to bring us true joy.
Needless to say, if this is true then this is very bad news for the cheater…
It is also closely related to the way I was discussing karma above.
12) Do cheaters really “learn their lesson”?
Sometimes, yes.
As Billie Anastas wrote here, she cheated and later suffered some unpleasant consequences that taught her a lesson.
She caved to her family’s pressure to be with a compatible man named Arya and left behind the person she truly loved, Jason. 13) A better way to think about this
It’s tempting to think that the cheater gets what he deserves and that the cheated person finds true love.
But life is very unfair, and that’s not always the case, at least not on the surface.
This can create a lot of pain and confusion.
So how can you overcome the insecurities that are bothering you?
The most effective way is to tap into your strengths.
You see, we all have an incredible amount of power and potential within us, but most of us never tap into it. We become mired in self-doubt and limiting beliefs. We stop doing what brings us true happiness.
I learned this from Shaman Rhoda Yande. He has helped thousands of people reconcile work, family, spirituality, and love so they can unlock the door to their power.
He has a unique approach that combines traditional ancient shamanic techniques with a modern-day twist. It’s an approach that uses nothing but your inner strength – no gimmicks or false claims of empowerment.
Because true empowerment must come from within.
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The bottom line on cheating and karma
The bottom line regarding cheating and karma is that when you understand what karma really is and how it can work, then yes, cheating creates bad karma.
