which was unfortunately leveled by a fire (not surprising, since
fires are frequent in those hills).
In regard to the contributor a few posts back who remarked that
the "karmic" explanation for such events often serve no useful
purpose; I agree with this, even though subscribing to the notion of
ultimate cause and effect (karma) connections. But since karma is
ultimately unfathomable, it's difficult to pass judgement on the
why's and wherefore's of particular events; especially when our
hearts go out to victims of myriad forms of disasters...and more so
when the victims are young children.
Once at an SRM lecture, Charlie answered somebody's question on why
(meaning "why" as to karmic meaning...did this event have
some "purpose"?).;...the Monastery burned down.
Charlie answered something like "it was in the way of a hot fire".
Everybody laughed. In his usual blunt, but often funny way, Charlie
seems to have answered the question!
On another occasion, there was a middle aged woman in the audience
whose face was prematurely aged, giving her the appearance of a weird
wrinkled prune. Charlie was lecturing on the topic of karma and in
the context of her question, the prune-like lady said something
like "I haven't experienced any bad karma".
Then Charlie said ..."Have you ever looked in the mirror". HA...I
was totally blown away !!! There were plenty of laughs, but mostly of
the muffled variety, lest somebody compound the effects on the wound
on that poor woman's face. I prayed at that moment that she didn't
get Charlie's "joke".
Charlie, shame on you! Well, both are dead now, in some Heaven,
all hugs and kisses.
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