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Originally posted by SystemResistor
reply to post by squandered
Yes, the names would swap places. I guess it is akin to saying that it is the very perception that something is "good" or that something is "bad" is the very basis for the tertiary consideration of "karma" as a balancing mechanism.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by SystemResistor
When Karma...imprisoned in the matter of people's bodies everywhere, at a very low density... as prisoners of the past.. It's a teacher, nothing more, nothing less...
edit on 15-2-2011 by NewAgeMan because: edit
The good news of karma is that it's own resolution is contained self referentially imbedded within itself, it's undoing, already at hand in the absurdity of our own human misconceptions and misinterpretations and all manner of false judgements and false distinctions, at all levels. It's crazy. We were all nuts, insane.
Originally posted by squandered
The good news of karma is that it's own resolution is contained self referentially imbedded within itself, it's undoing, already at hand in the absurdity of our own human misconceptions and misinterpretations and all manner of false judgements and false distinctions, at all levels. It's crazy. We were all nuts, insane.
Lol, you described what I call faith.
Originally posted by catwhoknowsplusone
OK, karma is payback, if karma exists - and I think it does because this universe requires balance.
Karma itself is a concept - a concept cannot be blamed for evil.
It is what we do that is good or evil which attracts karma.
So what attracts evil is the actions of humans. Equally, what attracts good is the actions of humans.
All you have to decide is whether you will do good or evil.
Originally posted by SystemResistor
Lets turn the tables on this whole thing, what if, pain did not "hurt" however we instinctivley avoided damaging ourselves - what would be the point of karma, positive or negative?
Originally posted by SystemResistor
reply to post by squandered
What would be "free-will" if we lost the ability to predict the outcomes of our actions? A more accurate question, "how would we start to behave if our free will was taken away from us?" Apparantley we start to act like vicious animals if we are not exposed (i.e. isolated) from the system. We could really just be well-trained monkeys, a heavily controlled and modified genetic experiment?edit on 15-2-2011 by SystemResistor because: (no reason given)