Guest guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Hmmmm...two wrongs doesn't make a right. Linda , " celticvoice6 " <celticvoice6 wrote: > > I am still thinking about karma, Brandi! > A good example I often use is the life and loves of Mia Farrow. In > the 60s, she befriended Andre Previn and his wife Dory. As it > turned out, Mia started a relationship with Andre, and Dory was out > of the picture. Dory, a musician, wrote a poignant song about Mia, > and claimed that Mia befriended them because she wanted Andre, and > succeeded. The song is called " Beware of young girls " . Mia was > about 22yrs old then. > While Mia was with Andre, they adopted two children from Asia, one > of whom is SoonYi. So 20 years down the track, SoonYi does to Mia > what Mia did to Dory! How is that for karma?! > CV > > > > > , Brandi Jasmine > <jazztalk@> wrote: > > > > At 06:33 PM 2/13/2008, you wrote: > > >Do you think you create karma from it? > > > > If you look at karma as reward/punishment on the basis of a moral > code, maybe. I don't see karma as punishment or reward. I see karma > as more of a reflection of our innate reactions, as carried both > through the current and past lives. > > > > There are four fundamental human reactions, flight, fight, freeze > and facade. All human reactions are one or a combination of these > four " methodologies " . Each of us learns what ones we pick through > trial and error, and they are generally set in childhood. At first, > they work for us, but as we grow up, they become part of our habits, > so much so, we even mistake them for our " persona " . A boy > learns " big boys don't cry " , so he learns to hold in his feelings. > By the time he's a man, he has no ability to express emotion at all, > and he wonders why all his relationships are failures. A girl learns > that to speak truth is to invite abuse in her family, so she > pretends that everything is okay. She hides behind lies, hints and > flirtation. Then she wonders as an adult why nobody understands her. > A resulting pattern emerges, and we begin to wonder if we > are " cursed " when the truth is, for the most part, it is our own > behavior that is creating the repeating disasters. We don't " choose " > the disasters .. but we do choose our reactions. > > > > I think karma works the same way. We use the reactions we learned > in this life, and in lifetimes previously, to set ourselves up over > and over again. There is no mystical karma accounting god sitting in > a corner visiting punishment on us. We don't even do it to > ourselves, not deliberately. We just fail to see how we're our own > worst enemy. It's a user-supported energy system <g> ... god/dess > doesn't have to lift a finger. The secret to karma is to learn to > find those patterns, learn to understand our reactions. " Know > thyself, and you shall set yourself free " . > > > > Brandi > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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