As you sow, so shall you reap. How quaint that the best phrase the BKWSU has to explain the Law of
Karma is from a ‘less’ valid religion. I gave a talk as a BK about reincarnation for a united spiritual group once. My SS, center in charge told me to speak in unison with the other speakers from sects of Buddhism, Hinduism and something new agy, so I did.
When it was my turn I went on about the proof of reincarnation as being people’s accounts of past life memories, and how all the major religions pronounce reincarnation as truth so it must be true, and I can’t remember what else. Anyways, then this guy gets the mike after we all have spoken and he’s like some radical philosopher. He starts talking about something, something, chaos theory and other views on it, and I, being filled with spiritual self richiousness, just tune out. I give powerful Drishti to everyone in the audience and remember Baba. He, he, the power of being totally closed minded and in denial should be the 9th power of the BKs.
Someone’s testimony is never really valid proof when it comes to something like spirituality, although religions are based on it. Someone could be coax to say something for the sake of fame or because they are just not getting enough attention at home. Maybe they have spontaneously tapped into some residue emotional energy left behind by a dead person and have confused this energy with their own. We don’t have the technology as of yet to prove or disprove reincarnations validity, but I think if we can’t prove something with a pocket knife, some flint and a bottle of water, we don’t need to validate it as important. We should be able to live perfectly with what we can determine with our own senses, a good buddy or 2 and the scientific method.
Reincarnation and the Law of
Karma, IMHO, seems very hyped upped and distorted by social groups in order to maintain order, discipline and control. If people start running around thinking they will get away with anything, society will be in total anarchy. What makes
Karma such a believable theory, as tinydot pointed at, is that it seems to be the driving force of what we call the conscience.
I have had a horrible experience with conscience. When I had a near death experience after the initial dread I felt of being near death I saw a flash review of some events that happened in my life. Reviewing all of them caused sever grievances which hurt to the core, very severe indeed. I felt the severe pain and guilt to what I think was in reflection to my personal values and beliefs at the time. Yes, I think that was really it. My conscience, so to speak, was not some predefined codex of morality but was my core beliefs. I think this because with one of the incidents I saw, the powers that be seemed to judge me harshly where as I defended myself and felt partially justified by my actions.
In regards to the criteria the powers that be were judging me on I don’t know. I can only assume. But they did seem to be implying I was out of order by influencing other people in an irresponsible way or worse hurting other people. I don’t think anyone should really take my testimony for more then curious possibilities to what might be, because even as I remember them now, I question myself to their validity. Nothe the less, it’s not really part of our day to day existence so most of it need not way importance in our discussion. I was told however, during my NDE, that I could have another chance, which seemed to imply I could take another birth.
It does seem of paramount importance that we determine for ourselves what is the criteria for right and wrong in this world, other wise we wander through life lackluster and in a drudgery blown like a leaf in the wind from one pleasure to the next. Of course this could be the sole purpose of life and just doing this is what’s right.
Of course the Law of
Karma does play an important part in the education of groups of people to inform them to be humble and to have reverence for mortality and the intangible. After a few chugs of gava or 151 Bacardi one can truly feel invincible and it takes, at the very least, something like a code of conduct to keep us from bashing windows in with our heads. However, more refined minds such as us
need more refined, defined and concrete definitions then that as pertained to by gardening.