What about before
Have you ever thought about what you may or may not have done before to deserve what you got now? Reading about karma....not only karma in this life, but karma carrying over from many lives before. It is said that if we treated people bad in a previous life, we will be treated bad in a life yet to come...possibly this life. So with that said, are we exactly where we are today because of multitudes of life decisions? Being a simple person, I always thought we were where we are at because of present life decisions.What about it? If you are a miserable bastard today and believe you have never wronged anyone, maybe it is payback for something a 1000 years ago. Or, maybe you are just an idiot and failed to see something from somebody's perspective eye whom you put tears in.
Anyway, where is Robert? I was waiting for part II.
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As you sow
So shall you reap
Give my regards to Robert.
They teach thst babies who die before being baptised don't go to heaven, but go to a type of limbo, as they have sin in them. I always thought thst was a particularly cruel teaching, especially for parents who had stillbirths.
I am more a reap what you sow person.
Or sometimes, unfortunately, reap what is sown for you.
Early childhood is basically when our lives are shaped, and it is events and treatment which happen then have tje most profound effects on us., bad or good.
But apart from that, it is up to ourselves.
Short version ..no, it's not true.
Karmic laws,etc.and Christianity:
Just a little pre-Easter commentary.
ROBERT !?!??
Donnie Darko-Frank
Thanks Tim.
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I read somewhere once where the Chinese believed that the soul can choose which body to inhabit. So, when you talk about choosing...that is what comes to mind. It is interesting you say it is more of a choice of free will, rather than some long debit/credit sheet that needs to be balanced in the end.
That is why I posted the links.
Teachings come in many forms.
Morning Johnny!
I think Robert is wearing a bunny suit.
That is also interesting...being born with original sin, not a hint of good in there. If that is true, that makes me really wonder about the purpose of our lives. In other words, we are born in debt. In other words, this life is, by default, dominated by evil...if you will. Usually religion is taught to somebody from childhood days...perhaps a way to rid the default evil within us? If true, if we remove religion from our childhoods, does that mean there is a higher chance of displaying evil in adulthood?
...a lot of questions I suppose.
Thanks Molly for that information...I have never heard that before. I have heard of the original sin, but didn't understand about what it meant.
I agree with M4 on this one. YES, it is a choice we make before we incarnate.
Nothing to do how we behaved in past lives and having to pay for it!
Why for days (28 days to be specific) has Robert been just standing there in the shadows?
P.S., I will check out some of your links when I find some time...probably in the next 10 weeks....been very busy lately. :(....but I will check them. :)
Thank you for your insight. I do know that you have a lot of knowledge and experience in this area. Whether a choice or perpetual karma, both views do have something similar in common, in that, past lives have existed for us.
I wouldn't consider myself particularly knowledgeable in this specific area but...
Learning from experience and not being religious helps me see things in a more rational way.
Although I do believe in past lives and also a collective consciousness...we are also given a choice whether we want to incarnate or not and what do we want to work on...
Future lives on earth don't have to be either if we choose not to be recycled.
However...I do believe in the law of cause and effect ...in this life...according to our actions.
that did bad things to others, I mean, real bad things
still, they died peacefully
your comment is exactly to the fact......just simple without man made stories
And what I understand, Buddha means the same as Osiris meant to Egyptians, no matter you are a man or a woman......it is the pure righteous of your heart state.
you made it just more clearer
Seems no one, err not enough people ordered the pay per view, nor bought a seat to the once in a decade event. So, it got cancelled. But hey, at least you saved 5000 dollars on the bet.
Maybe the contest will take place at another time in the future.
There was a time I was drawn into re-carnation and the possibilities of there being any truth to it all, as inviting as it all sound, I eventually closed the book on the matter mainly because of my belief in Jesus in all he thought and preached... unlike man
I do not believe everyone gets what they deserve anymore then I believe what people get is what they deserve eh" or is that the same thing
I believe sometimes things go wrong for right reasons, reasons why I'm convinced there is more to coincidence then what meets the eye, I however do not believe in Karma and again because of my beliefs in Jesus Christ.
"28:06:42:12 comes from the lunar year: 27d 7h 43m 11s = 27:07:43:11 add or subtract 1 from every number.. and u get 28d 06h 42m 12s"
I will let that image sink in.
You can skip my religious links.
People don't really hate me in this life, so I'm guessing I did not do tooooo badly in my past life..
I do so love it when we're on the same page
One never knows..
I once wrote a story about a field where different flowers were arguing over which flower group would take power and reign over the field of plants. The carnations won for a time. They were known as the REIGN-CARNATIONS!
Also, you ever hear of Veja Du?
It’s when you’re doing something, and you suddenly discover, you’ve never done that something before. Weird, huh?
I thought it’d go 28 days, but after a bottle of prune juice and some fiber, I’m okay. I’m regular again.
Flower Power..
Yes, I think many do die peacefully....but maybe the dying is the penalty...or otherwise?
...just pondering thoughts here...I know nothing.
Thank you for sharing your opinion.
Nice to see you hear. I think you are right, it was best you pulled it. I didn't have the 5K anyway.
...good things...
It sounds like you have similar thoughts as me...about what happens in this life is what ultimately defines....creates our "full-circle"...as somebody once defined it to me.
But, the question that came to mind as I was reading your comment was....who is our God...and what are his capabilities...I suppose. With the right Being as being our God, perhaps there is more to karma. I know I am not being very specific with this last comment.
The higher self diagram is something I have never heard of before. That is interesting and I appreciate you sharing it with me.
I am not going to disagree with your statement...because given the perception of the individual, there is much truth behind it. I would say that it depends on the perception of death. I believe Mexico celebrates it...as do other peoples. Some also believe it is a doorway into the next level.
Although, if it truly is a doorway, then there might be some validity to this blog about karma from past lives.
That too is what I thought. But as time goes on, I am starting to not know what to think. Hmm, I don't know if I will ever know.
That is kinda where I am at. :)
I have done some reading about Eastern Religions and find them fascinating, to say the least. It seems to be focused more on our internal selves....I think.
In any case, it has lasted many years and meaningless things hardly can.