--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > One time in a meeting with SSRS someone asked him if a > > dip in the Ganges during Kumbha Mela would bring > > enlightenment. He gave the person a bemused look and > > said,"How?" Then he laughed and said that we needed to > > use our common sense. > > Nice. I've posed the same three-letter question > to those who believe that a heavy hit of darshan > can do the same thing. So far, no one has come > up with a theory that is consistent with the > workings of karma, in which they all claim to > believe. > Yep- good point to bring up a karmic connection. This connection will always be in evidence for those who experience 'instantaneous' enlightenment, as the supposed result of a fortuitous occurence (e.g. darshan, a dip in the Ganges). If we were to research the previous actions of such individuals, we would find a propensity for spiritual practice, building in momentum to such a breakthrough. This breakthrough may be dramatic and ascribed to a particular action, when in fact all that is happening is the result of past karma ripening.
To our minds karma can never be exactly, mathematically determined. Nonetheless, our good actions will result in more good, and bad actions will result in more bad, generally speaking. Even miracles, those dramatic answers to our prayers, occur in just the same way. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
