Karma and the Economy (7)
GB, I agree with you on this. I, too, believe in that philosophy, and the connectedness of all that we do. And Karma. So, yes...short answer, we should send our country to debt counseling...or take a drastic step and eliminate money altogether. Not by replacing it with plastic...I mean by eliminating it completely. Go back to the barter system.
JMO...but if you've read the predictions for what was supposed to happen leading up to 2012, we're a bit behind in this evolutionary step.
Good thread...hope it doesn't sink so far I can't find it in the morning to read any further posts. In other words, I hope it stays active tonight.
JMO...but if you've read the predictions for what was supposed to happen leading up to 2012, we're a bit behind in this evolutionary step.
Good thread...hope it doesn't sink so far I can't find it in the morning to read any further posts. In other words, I hope it stays active tonight.
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druidess6308: GB, I agree with you on this. I, too, believe in that philosophy, and the connectedness of all that we do. And Karma. So, yes...short answer, we should send our country to debt counseling...or take a drastic step and eliminate money altogether. Not by replacing it with plastic...I mean by eliminating it completely. Go back to the barter system.
JMO...but if you've read the predictions for what was supposed to happen leading up to 2012, we're a bit behind in this evolutionary step.
Good thread...hope it doesn't sink so far I can't find it in the morning to read any further posts. In other words, I hope it stays active tonight.
JMO...but if you've read the predictions for what was supposed to happen leading up to 2012, we're a bit behind in this evolutionary step.
Good thread...hope it doesn't sink so far I can't find it in the morning to read any further posts. In other words, I hope it stays active tonight.
Barter is a great system, but a blanket is hard to stuff through a fax machine.
Money was only invented as a way for people who actually have nothing to say they have more than you.
I have so many friends. What does Bill Gates have? And what will he take with him? I know what I take with me, and it has nothing to do with a bank account, unless you want to consider my Karma as a cosmic credit-card. I might not be rich, but I'll never be homeless or starve, and that's because I treat people as people, and not as prospects or a means to an end. Something to be learned in that for everyone.
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Karma moved.....she now resides in Katmanpleasedo........
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In response to: "It is said that Nichiren’s teachings begin and end with the Rissho Ankoku Ron. Unfortunately, this work is very difficult for people today to relate to. Nichiren was addressing a feudal Japanese society whose state religion was Buddhism, a milieu very far removed from what Japan is today, let alone what non-Japanese would be familiar with. In addition, much of the sophistication of Nichiren’s thought is not present in Rissho Ankoku Ron, which is a simple call to action. Many of the issues Nichiren sees as a matter of life and death for his nation strike even modern Japanese people as obscure and of no relevance in a culture that has become thoroughly secular and which upholds democracy and the separation of church and state as nonnegotiable political values. However, I believe the central theme of the Rissho Ankoku Ron is still relevant. In fact, I believe it is of great significance. I believe that Nichiren was trying to warn his contemporaries that a society that does not base itself on Truth and the universal dignity of human life will become corrupt and will eventually destroy itself. In upholding the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren was not simply upholding a text sacred to the Buddhist tradition. Rather, he was trying to uphold the sacred nature of all life in this world. That is the theme that binds together all of Nichiren’s teachings from beginning to end. I hope that in this commentary on Rissho Ankoku Ron I can explain the background and context of this work in order to clarify its meaning, and ultimately show that this work can still speak to us today." -
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SensualVixen: Karma moved.....she now resides in Katmanpleasedo........
I thought about moving to Katmandu. And then I found out Bob Seger was going to be there and dropped the idea.
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Spend today, pay tomorrow is always going to end
in tears.
There is nothing wrong with saving for what you
need.
Why is putting something by for a rainy day
so wrong?
How did make do and mend become dirty words.
We are smothering the planet with with our whims!
in tears.
There is nothing wrong with saving for what you
need.
Why is putting something by for a rainy day
so wrong?
How did make do and mend become dirty words.
We are smothering the planet with with our whims!
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To live a life of fiscal irresponsibility is to invite negative consequence. As above, so below, and so our material life reflects our spiritual life. Or lack thereof. And this is not the venue to debate religious scripture, unless its relative to Karma.
Don't worry. I'm not getting all religious on you folks. I would just like to invite people to discuss how excessive materialism and a debt-driven economy without regard for consequence could have brought our current crisis on us, and, in fact, be a long overdue consequence of our Country's Karma, and the world for that matter.
Can we live like this anymore? I don't think so. Do we have to send our Country to Debt Counseling in order to square its Karma?
I'm thinking, maybe. What about you?