Posted by fayeroe on August 7, 2010, at 16:10:31
In reply to Re: Karma, posted by Dr. Bob on August 6, 2010, at 1:38:26
> > Karma is not a vending machine. You don't put compassion in hoping to get compassion out. You just spread compassion around in order to make a more compassionate world. Sometimes you benefit, sometimes not. But there is no bank, no bookkeeping, no system, no bureaucracy, no leader, no followers.
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> It's an inexact vending machine. You don't necessarily get compassion out. But the more compassion that goes around, the more likely some is to come around.
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> Also, some people may have difficulty seeing themselves as compassionate, and a ledger of sorts might help them.
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> BobYou are going to rate posters as compassionate or compassionate? A ledger? What are you going to do with a ledger? Like in heaven? When St. Peter keeps a checklist of sinners and do-gooders?
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