Or the need to inflict guilt. I suppose it is also a need to construct patterns to life so we can make sense out of nonsense.
On Jan 12, 10:19 pm, [email protected] wrote: > Karma probably owes it origin to someone(s) who anticipated Freud and the > power of the personal unconscious. The modern derivitive of Karma is the > concept of repitition compusion (the tendency to repeat the familiar.) This > is the rationaliztion for people repeating the same patterns and validates > the out of favor notion that the past lives on in the present. It is also > true that unless ones learns one's lessons (karma) meaning learn from > experience, the same pattern is likely to be repeated over and over again. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: RP <[email protected]> > To: "Minds Eye" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 1:25 pm > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Karma > > There is no karma; some are just born lucky, some unlucky. The belief > that our present life is because of our actions in past lives is a > fallacy. If there is great difference among individuals, whether > genetic or environmental, it is just plain luck. A cow is a cow and a > dog is a dog because that's life. I was not before birth and I will > not be after death. It is better to accept that we are mortals than to > have imaginary notions of immortality. We will not live in heaven or > hell hereafter, we will simply die and cease to be. Just as the > universe came to be and is progressing according to laws of physics , > chemistry , etc. we came to be and progress according to laws of > biology, psychology, sociology , etc. Just as matter has properties we > beings have nature which is the result of our genetic endowments as > nurtured by the environment. It is this nature which may be called > personality which determines our actions. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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