Edgar,<br/><br/>There really is no confusion in my post whatsoever. Buddha
wanted to find out how to live happily and at peace in an ever changing world.
His first premise was that from the actual you can deduce the practical. The
actual are the laws I mentioned previously. His second premise was that to sit
at the feet of the real he used his own body-mind as a laboratory - the answers
to his questions live within. He observed that every time his body changed his
thoughts changed - and that every time his thoughts changed his body sensations
changed. Body-mind are constantly changing just as the universe does. These
changes (micro-macro) aren't just random, but are lawful - everything in the
body-mind is lawful. Every thought is caused and every change in the body is
caused. And what causes thoughts? Our volitions. Craving for things we don't
have and want and aversion for the things we have, but don't want. The (moral)
action we take to satisfy our
desires is what creates our karma. This is what Buddha discovered and taught
and I see no reason to reject it as its truth can be directly experienced and
observed.<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad
