Comments on: Using spirituality and psychology as a defence

By: Katinka - Spirituality

Katinka - Spirituality — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:47:41 +0000

You’re getting a bit off topic.

By: Leo Gerritsen

Leo Gerritsen — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:02:13 +0000

For me karma is no more than what I promised to do.

By: KJG

KJG — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:15:55 +0000

Hi!
i feel people tend to view karma only in a very simplistic sense however its mechanisms are greatly more extensive, complex and intricate than perhaps most people perceive (conceptualise).

It surely is one’s karma to sit in a lounge room in a world of the planets most acquisitive societies watching TV that depicts to the imminent death of impoverished children around the world. The enormous karmic test (and consequence) is, what does the overweight “western” person who “apparently” has everything do about seeing destitute children? On one parameter of karma it is about giving and receiving. It is on many levels: The level of the personal, the individual, and the level of nations, What does a nation do about it toward another nation?. The great long test. If there was not the destitute there would be no point in others made wealthy by karma to be tested in what they do.

The outcome of the test is severe if one does not take it up and meet it appropriately! For who? For the child who dies? No! The karmic consequence is most sever for the fat western person who does not get up out of their seat in response to a desperate child !!!!

By: Ranjit Singh Thind

Ranjit Singh Thind — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:52:11 +0000

The vagaries of life are inexplicable no matter how much we try our level best to explain it. We can’t compartmentalise it. Our definitions fail most of the time as others have had their own set of experiences which will be at odds with ours. Hence, we just have to understand that we are just atoms in the great cosmos of ‘The Great Being’. In this way, we can avoid hurting other people’s feelings and belittling their spiritual experiences.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:09:15 +0000

Karma, perhaps it is due to a past life.Perhaps they chose this life in order to teach us compassion, maybe both or neither.Can we see the prostitute or drunkard on the street with as much compassion?Are the least on earth the greatest in Heaven?Do all that we can to help but not to enable.I believe it is all about evolution.Have you made a connection yet & had mystical experiences?I’ve had several, would like to hear yours.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:20:26 +0000

This was a good post!

It may be true that the poor, the sick and otherwise suffering are simply experiencing their karma–but the compassion that allows us to reach out to them anyway is the thing that stops karma from simply “bouncing” back and forth perpetually.

It is how we break the cycle.

By: katinka - spirituality

katinka - spirituality — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:22:13 +0000

Seemly? I don’t quite follow. Yes, karma has something to do with awareness and responsibility though

By: richard

richard — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:08:33 +0000

Seems to me that karma has something to do with awareness and responsibility. Is that seemly?

By: Katinka - Spirituality

Katinka - Spirituality — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:54:18 +0000

I don’t think that the former colonies can be said to be the source of our Western wealth now. I tend to think a culture of hard and efficient work, saving and investing, combined with research is what gave us our wealth. And now that the Chinese and Indians actually work as hard and invest the same if not more in education and research – it stands to reason we’re about to loose it all. Slowly or quickly.

In the meantime we live – collectively – on debt and that’s catching up with us. Now that’s karma: the catching up part.

By: Pavan

Pavan — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:23:00 +0000

“Karma gave us in the West a lot of wealth ”

I am sorry, I have to disagree. The West literally looted the wealth of all its colonies, centuries before.