Replying to my own post. Tacky, I know, but... > > An Occam's razor approach would dispense with such > > elaborations. > > "Elaborations?" Nothing could possibly *be* more "Occam's > razor" than karma. It is the simplest of all possible > descriptions of the mechanics of the universe. It is > the more deity-oriented or "exceptions to the rules" > approaches that are more elaborate and strained.
Correction. There is one more Occam's razor approach, and that is chaos. While I consider it possible, it doesn't jibe with my subjective experiences of the simple explanation of karma + free will. > > Consequently I'm attracted > > to Buddhism as a way of life but to the Gita as my guiding > > philosophy. But perhaps you can disentagle my confusion? > > I doubt it. I'm still working on disentangling mine. :-) On the other hand, as someone once put it so well, "Confusion is just enlightenment in drag." :-) Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
