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Originally posted by Seekerof
Scat....
Why your waiting to hear from those "karma followers", you could always do a bit of looking into karma yourself and if it is indeed "twisted".
Originally posted by bolshevik
this theory doesnt just apply to karma, it is also rooted in catholic thought through the idea of original sin or 'the sins of the fathers'. this idea states that all humankind deserves to suffer due to adam's betrayal of god in the garden of eden.
The Law of Return
Also known as the "Threefold Law" or the "Rule of Three"
There are many variations of the phrasing of the Threefold Law, but it generally goes something like:
Ever Mind The Rule Of Three
Three Times Your Acts Return To Thee
This Lesson Well, Thou Must Learn
Thou Only Gets What Thee Dost Earn
When you take a resource, even with good intentions, there will be repercussions. The petty cash box will soon be empty if one doesn't occasionally put money into it as well as take it out. Actions need to be balanced, or else things can get quite out of control to a degree many times over that of the original issue.
In other words, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Other phrasings emphasize completely separate issues, which author Phyllis Curott has recently taken to calling the Boomerang Whammy Rule:2
Mind the Threefold Law you should,
Three times bad and three times good.
Originally posted by Eireann
Also known as the "Threefold Law" or the "Rule of Three"
Originally posted by Scat
Originally posted by Eireann
Also known as the "Threefold Law" or the "Rule of Three"
just wondering, why is it 3?
is this number significant at all?
The Law of Karma
In Buddhist teaching, the law of karma, says only this: `for every event that occurs, there will follow another event whose existence was caused by the first, and this second event will be pleasant or unpleasant according as its cause was skillful or unskillful.' A skillful event is one that is not accompanied by craving, resistance or delusions; an unskillful event is one that is accompanied by any one of those things. (Events are not skillful in themselves, but are so called only in virtue of the mental events that occur with them.)
Therefore, the law of Karma teaches that responsibility for unskillful actions is born by the person who commits them.
Karma is more like an subjective idea about reality, much like other religions on "how to live your life." Karma is not a good excuse to "allow" someone to do something to somebody else. It is for the individual to watch their own actions, thoughts, words, etc., with the understanding of the "what goes around, comes around" theory.
Originally posted by Scat
karmas pretty brutal!
any dead on karma follwers out there that would like to shed some light and follow up?
[Edited on 3-5-04 by Scat]