I'm not disputing the simple observation of what goes around, comes around. But to move from that to gods and demi gods etc. seems fanciful to me. There is some discussion that the big bang was uncaused. Causality itself is under big time review among physicists who are also considering retro-causation as a real possibility. One of them told me that in the simple phenomenon of water boiling there are 22 variables, and then, all we can be sure of is that it works on planet earth, but we are not at all sure about its causation. Causation is a concept in trouble, and I for one, am glad to hear it since it has always seemed flimsy to me. There is no way to distinguish between a cause and a 100% correlation.
For the rest, I'm pretty sure only of the notion that certainty in knowledge can't be had in science. Someone wrote that science proves nothing. That is most true, and it is something every responsible science teacher I've ever met takes pains to impress on his freshmen. And, after sixty-one years of meditating, I've not seen any account about certainty in "spiritual knowledge" that has a claim to certainty. a "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "What goes around, comes around." > Angela Mailander wrote: > Whence your certainty? > It is an almost universal observation that what you sow, so shall you reap. Almost everyone has experienced this. The certainty of the laws of physics always indicate that there is cause and there is effect. Can you cite a single instance where the law of causation was not present? I think not. > Even the Gods and demi-Gods are subject to the law of > causation, Angela; there are no exceptions. All the Gods > are subject to karma and as soon as their stock-pile of > good karma is depleted, then they must reincarnate again > as humans. > > > She also loves mercy that dropeth as the gentle rain > > etc. She loves a-causality as an expression of infinite > > freedom. > > > There are no surprises, except to those who are ignorant > of the laws of causation. There are no chance events and > no fateful a-causality. All humans and Gods act with free > will and create their own destiny, but this is only the > result of actions, in the past, the present or in the > future. > > > Free-play is her favorite game. > > > The belief in karma is a much more reasonable notion than > the idea that there is eternal damnation or universal chaos. > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
