[FairfieldLife] Re: Who is the author of our actions?

[yifux...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]]

There's a problem with the notion of a "you".  The relative you and me doesn't 
end at the skin. There are countless karmic antecedents and interactions with 
contributing influences.
 To use an analogy, say there's a tiny whirlpool at the edge of a larger 
stream.  The whirlpool merges with the Total stream in a transitionary way such 
that we can't establish exactly where the whirlpool begins and ends.  The 
entire stream is actually the cause of the whirlpool (the latter being a part).
 Saying the Gunas is more accurate than saying a "you" since the relative you l 
is like the tiny whirlpool.
 At times, the tiny whirlpool may grow larger with smaller pools growing around 
It.
 Therefore, causation is difficult to assign to a particular body independent 
of the whole., although it's true that that "That" particular body did most of 
the acting, and is thus an agent.
 ......But not an completely independent agent. the Vegas shooter was a tiny 
whirlpool in the midst of a strem, sucking in thousands of people in a chain of 
causation.  
 All of the causes (as Gunas), came together in that guy, Stephen.  Yes, he's 
the agent, but along with countless other contributing factors.
 The  totality of those causes manifest as Gunas and is a larger type of 
whirlpool.  The energy was simply focused on his body while he fired those 
bullets.
 SHALOM