user11518: The more I study and meditate upon karma the more I am convinced that it is a physical thing and not a moral one.
The universe is a massive interweaving assemblage of gears and wheels and shafts and cogs. By doing this simple action (we'll call it "X") you create a rippling of reactions as a direct result. These are the primary reactions then secondary then tertiary and so on. 
Thus the momentum imparted from the original action resulted in countless other effects. And the momentum or propensity of the actions to continue in that general direction is in my opinion the true nature of karma. 
Not some altruistic ideology that frowns upon immoral actions and exacts a eventual penalty just for that reason. Now, granted, the ill effects on others from those type of negative actions may create its own karmic momentum. But so many see karma as some sort of cosmic police force and that just isnt the case. At least not as I see it.
Would someone agree or set me straight?

user9855: Karma can be simply explained using the Newton's 3rd law : "Every action has a reaction which is equal in magnitude & opposite in direction." These actions include, thoughts, words & physical actions. Through the way we do these actions, we alter the momentum of the force that we emit in doing them. The return is always even equal to the depth of our intention in doing it. That's why Lord Buddha has asked us to remind the good thing we do in our life over & over again. It will increase the depth of our intention in doing it & increase the momentum of the return we get.

user6921: It is true that its not a good bad thing .....  BUT  it actually almost sits on definitions of good and bad one on one 
What you said is said in almost all places that talk about karma in buddhism and its always in this funny way 
they start very bold in stating on how karma is not about good and bad but just the law of karma the way things are  .... but than if you continue to read you see that good is almost one by one the same as wholesome and same with bad and unwholesome 
***  no one is punishing you (also said almost everywhere that they talk on karma)  but you will be "punished" not on purpose when you will receive the effects of your action 
it has differences like for instance meditation is considered wholesome karma  - and can be considered even better karma than donating money for example 
giving money for example is good cause its letting go of attachment - also it developes metta  --- which are things which will benefit you 
edit :   but karma can be unfair (like real life police actually)   some stuff you do can be very little and have  great effect and huge stuff you do have a tiny effect 
what is said for sure is that  an unwholesome (akosala)  action has bad results and good action good results    .... when the time is right (i belive you heard about comparing karma to seeds  
the unfair part of karama  can be different than good and bad  which is  if you give  40  you might get 20  or get 4000000  its not tit for tat

user7090: You are right in using physical things to explain karma. But reasoning can only get us this far. Reasoning does little to eliminate sufferings. The main wish of the buddha is to have everyone be free from sufferings and be enlightened. Since buddha has seen karma being responsible for sufferings he teaches us not to create karma. And since there many types of karma, there are many different teachings - 84,000 of them. Thus besides besides explaining karma, we must know that we should not create them. 

user111: 
O! Bhikkhus, it is volition - cetana that I call Kamma, -cetanaham
  bhikkhave kammam vadami

Karma is always mental. But the consequences(Vipaaka) are both mental and physical.

11518: <p>The more I study and meditate upon karma the more I am convinced that it is a physical thing and not a moral one.</p>

<p>The universe is a massive interweaving assemblage of gears and wheels and shafts and cogs. By doing this simple action (we'll call it "X") you create a rippling of reactions as a direct result. These are the primary reactions then secondary then tertiary and so on. </p>

<p>Thus the momentum imparted from the original action resulted in countless other effects. And the momentum or propensity of the actions to continue in that general direction is in my opinion the true nature of karma. </p>

<p>Not some altruistic ideology that frowns upon immoral actions and exacts a eventual penalty just for that reason. Now, granted, the ill effects on others from those type of negative actions may create its own karmic momentum. But so many see karma as some sort of cosmic police force and that just isnt the case. At least not as I see it.</p>

<p>Would someone agree or set me straight?</p>
 9855: <p>Karma can be simply explained using the Newton's 3rd law : "Every action has a reaction which is equal in magnitude &amp; opposite in direction." These actions include, thoughts, words &amp; physical actions. Through the way we do these actions, we alter the momentum of the force that we emit in doing them. The return is always even equal to the depth of our intention in doing it. That's why Lord Buddha has asked us to remind the good thing we do in our life over &amp; over again. It will increase the depth of our intention in doing it &amp; increase the momentum of the return we get.</p>
 6921: <p>It is true that its not a good bad thing .....  BUT  it actually almost sits on definitions of good and bad one on one </p>

<p>What you said is said in almost all places that talk about karma in buddhism and its always in this funny way </p>

<p>they start very bold in stating on how karma is not about good and bad but just the law of karma the way things are  .... but than if you continue to read you see that good is almost one by one the same as wholesome and same with bad and unwholesome </p>

<p>***  no one is punishing you (also said almost everywhere that they talk on karma)  but you will be "punished" not on purpose when you will receive the effects of your action </p>

<p>it has differences like for instance meditation is considered wholesome karma  - and can be considered even better karma than donating money for example </p>

<p>giving money for example is good cause its letting go of attachment - also it developes metta  --- which are things which will benefit you </p>

<p>edit :   but karma can be unfair (like real life police actually)   some stuff you do can be very little and have  great effect and huge stuff you do have a tiny effect </p>

<p>what is said for sure is that  an unwholesome (akosala)  action has bad results and good action good results    .... when the time is right (i belive you heard about comparing karma to seeds  </p>

<p>the unfair part of karama  can be different than good and bad  which is  if you give  40  you might get 20  or get 4000000  its not tit for tat</p>
 7090: <p>You are right in using physical things to explain karma. But reasoning can only get us this far. Reasoning does little to eliminate sufferings. The main wish of the buddha is to have everyone be free from sufferings and be enlightened. Since buddha has seen karma being responsible for sufferings he teaches us not to create karma. And since there many types of karma, there are many different teachings - 84,000 of them. Thus besides besides explaining karma, we must know that we should not create them. </p>
 111: <blockquote>
  <p>O! Bhikkhus, it is volition - cetana that I call Kamma, -cetanaham
  bhikkhave kammam vadami</p>
</blockquote>

<p><strong>Karma is always mental</strong>. But the consequences(<strong>Vipaaka</strong>) are both mental and physical.</p>
