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Re: theos-talk Re: Free will and karma

Feb 11, 2011 07:46 AM
by MKR


You have a very good point. Also, trying to link one on one to cause and
effect could be almost impossible.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Tom Robertson <007@O1liICn39vGxBQTmsxNGyOmiBXiGZZxxqVpchuDulknDZQ1DeTIXRuJeTh8xQbg5xsVuUmhtPdFDwL0.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

>
>
> >--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Spirituality" <mail@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm preparing a lecture for our local lodge on the topic of karma and
> >free will. I have my own thoughts of course, but am wondering what you
> >all think. Do free will and karma conflict? How does the neurological
> >evidence fit in? What really IS freedom in the first place?
> >>
> >> Katinka
> >> http://www.katinkahesselink.net/
>
> I believe a correct view of karma must incorporate the idea of
> randomness. I believe the correlation between acts and consequences
> approaches 0 in the short run and 1 in the long run. When people say
> that life isn't fair, they're expressing the truth of the lack of such
> correlation in the short run. Wisdom is essentially keeping one's
> eyes on the long run.
>  
>


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