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Do the six million that starve each year have something to do with us hogging all the resources? A man like Hitler may have gotten int o power through luck, but he did face a crappy ending. And as for the laws of karma as a sense of lazinness. The dalia lama has stated that karma means action, it does not mean that ou cannot do anything to change your life
by aya on Fri Jul 27, 07 9:30am
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eh, for all we know, Paris Hilton was a sainnt in her previous life
by aya on Fri Jul 27, 07 9:31am
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Aya- I'm aware that the Buddhist understanding of karma is far different than the western version (I think the christian idea of a benevolent God made westerners twist the original concept to the revenge scenario karma that is commonly perceived in American culture.) I should clarify that my criticism is reserved only for the western misconception of karma. Although I'm not happy with the eastern version either.
yeah, it's like, you suffer in this life, and not knowing what you did to deserve it in your previous
by aya on Fri Jul 27, 07 10:26am
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If there was Karma I'd be skinned alive
Voted : No. I will explain below.
The laws of Karma does exist, those so call GOOD people are catching hell from a previous life andor lives of dirty deeds...Those so call BAD people were victims of either others and/or circumstances of a previous life and are getting their just deserts... We all get what we put out into the universe, if not now, then later...So it goes... I strive for the true essence of Karma: "Karma2Die4" thats when you know you have mastered the laws of Karma! Every individual soul is aware of each life it lives and each Good and Dirty deeds it committs, the body is not created to possess such knowledge, the body is merely available to move the soul through the process of soul progression...Oh how I do enjoy the subject matter, can you tell? Excellent Ballot BTW, worthy of karma hits!
Voted : No. I will explain below.
karma is not so much a "system of justice" rewarding good actions and punishing bad actions, as it is a law of cause and effect, more akin to the "laws" of natural science. actions have their repercussions, and if we believe in the eternity of the soul (which i'm still not certain i do.....) then our actions set into motion effects that come back to us, like slapping a pan of water causes it to spash, or sticking one's hand in a fire causes it to burn. Karma doesn't mean an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth. It is more of a leveling device on the behavior and evolution of the soul possibly in more than one lifetime - a sort of checks and balances. Then again - it may be that we just vanish in a poof of breath once we die....
yep - i'd hit the ballot w/ karma too - but apparently i don't have any...... maybe when the glitches get fixed (send me a reminder....)
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