Doesn't it all just boil down to how you "live" your life? I mean, if you're a rude, crass, uncaring evil bastard who does BAD things to everyone around you, then 9 times out of 10, BAD things will happen to you as well. Its the environment around you or the "space" you occupy - fill it with bad and bad happens, fill it with good and odds are good will happen. Karma or Dharma, like begets like... reap what you sew and all that rot...