I see, so the Bible twisted and contorted over the years to serve the best interests of the governing body of the time, to throw down oppressive morals onto people, is different than Bhuddism?
See no evil, Hear no evil, Do no evil...
I prefer the Japanese variation on the same theme...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_wise_monkeys
There is no need for revenge, but not because of karma.
Its because revenge is meaningless all by itself.
Karma is, eh, a thing. Like God. Its irrelevant. Has no basis on reality that you can practically use.
The only reason to engage in revenge is to show that there are consequences for doing harm and damage to you. Its not even important that you actually do the revenge, you just have to show that you are capable. Now if the opposing party calls it a bluff, then you have to actually do it. Its often an annoying and frustrating activity.
Yeah no offense Ramirez, as I am rather the Karmic influence type myself...
A blind eye, is way more calming to the nerves.
However, yeah, if you haven't been called stupid lately, then you'd probably be a dopey idiot more often than you should...
I hate being called stupid, but yeah, we are...
The trick is to reach a philosophical standard where there is no good and there is no bad, as difficult as that may sound.
Every action has a positive and negative reaction. Not absolutely, but metaphorically.
Find the good in the bad, find the bad in the good, and neutralize that. Temperance...
The philosophy of Karma is nothing more than a revelation of what ones guilt may give rise to. If you follow it deeply enough. So get rid of that shit too...
You do not deserve any of the bad or the good that happens to you. Life simply happens. A series of entirely unrelated events may be something you want to reconsider allowing your brain to fabricate a reality from.
However, be careful on the temperance side of things as well, because you can most certainly take that to far as well...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu
Sokushinbutsu (å³èº«ä»?) refers to a practice of Buddhist monks observing austerity to the point of death and mummification. This process of self-mummification was mainly practised in Yamagata in Northern Japan between the 11th and 19th century, by members of the Japanese Vajrayana school of Buddhism called Shingon ("True Word"). The practitioners of sokushinbutsu did not view this practice as an act of suicide, but rather as a form of further enlightenment.[1] Those who succeeded were revered, while those who failed were nevertheless respected for the effort.
I honestly don't believe in karma, but I do believe that what goes around does come around.
If you're courteous, polite and ready to offer other people a helping hand, it's far more likely the world is going to dump nice things on you, rather than just dumping on you.
I only believe in karma in so much as I believe in the persistence of human memory. People are far more likely to retain their negative experiences and define themselves based on their traumas and hardships. Revenge and reward are two instincts that are built into us and, although that doesn't constitute actual karma, it does give a very real and organic reason for people to behave appropriately.
As far as letting God do the work - fuck that! If something accidental and random were to happen to someone on my list, I couldn't help feeling a strange sense of cosmic justice, but I wouldn't get at all the same level of satisfaction that I would from an act of vengeance.
Yeah, I'm bitter. Yeah, I post pictures of passive-aggressive frogs. No, I don't subscribe to Eastern esotericism
