You are welcome! Karma is the process of drawing experiences from which to learn to come into balance, however, this does not need to be driven by scripted life events afaik. - it's a natural result of us attracting that which matches our own state of being.
In most cases, the original cause for the patterns I am describing happened in an unconscious way/state - meaning that we don't actually know how it all got started (until we start making the unconscious parts of self become conscious).
Lack of self acceptance is driving most dysfunction on Earth and is also behind the drive to become 'holy' that you are pointing to. Divinity is reached only through self acceptance.
Ah, a divinity that need not be recognised... thanks for the clarification.
Have a nice day! 😀