Comments on: Thoughts on Karma – it’s secular.

By: Twisted branch

Twisted branch — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:27:39 +0000

Karma definately stems from the seen and unseen realm of cause and condition. You might find my blog “face on mars” interesting. Feel free to check it out.

By: Frank Coughlin

Frank Coughlin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:49:17 +0000

I believe that Karma is an individual path, dependent on the individual’s ‘soul’ and its path in life. Life lessons are unique to the individual. You and I can go to the same gym at the same time, do the same workout, achieve the same goal AND still have a different perspective or interpretation of what happened. Karma is the lesson to be learned, not a cosmic payback.
I might learn from going to the gym that I prefer to do exercises outside (alone). You might learn that being with other people exercising is a positive experience and preferable to exercising alone.
The parameter’s of one’s own Karma are nearly impossible for another to know. I find that a better exercise than worrying about Karma is to think of what lesson am I (or not) learning.
I like your website,
Keep up the good work,
Taomaster

By: Peter Clothier

Peter Clothier — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:40:58 +0000

I think the reason it seems mystical is the word itself: Karma. Sounds, well, eastern. Ergo, mystical. The concept has an elegant simplicity, as I understand it. Action and reaction. Cause and effect. It is practical. And yes, why not, secular? Those who choose to understand it as a religious concept are free to do so, but it’s not necessary, as I see it.