If you have taken bodhisattva vows seriously in your "heart" then you are responsible for everyone - starting with all the beings here on this planet (incarnate and in the antariksha) and in the dwipa-s of the local system.
The Orisha may help or hinder but all of this is solely your task even if no one else is helping. Read it and weep. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "yifuxero" <yifux...@...> wrote: > > At any rate, my take on the situation: if I'm responsible for helping one or two people when necessary, then everybody should be included within my capacity. > One might easily argue that extending karmic influences beyond my immediate environment resulting in significant and often unpredictable changes, are indeed risky and "fate" might turn out worse then non-interference.