I just posted it as a for whatever its worth deal - and yet Bono with his high
profile activism has done more good for the poor of this world than all the
money grubbing tactics of Marshy and the Movement in their 60 years.
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On Thu, 1/30/14, Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Bono on Grace and Karma
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 7:30 PM
Well now we
know how ignorant Bono is.
If "God" is everything then we are a part of
God. There is no
duality. But this might be beyond his
understanding. We all have
our scripts to play out for this movie. Perhaps a
few more
lifetimes for Bono to grok this.
;-)
On 01/30/2014 11:17 AM, Michael Jackson wrote:
Bono on the difference between Grace and
Karma
Posted on January 26, 2014 by Jon Kuhrt
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“It’s a mind-blowing concept that the God
who created the
Universe might be looking for company, a real
relationship
with people, but the thing that keeps me on my
knees is
the difference between Grace and Karma…
You see, at the centre of all religions is the
idea of
Karma. You know, what you put out comes back
to you; an
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, or in
physics – in
physical laws – every action is met by an
equal or
opposite one. Its clear to me that Karma is at
the very
heart of the universe. I’m absolutely sure
of it.
And yet, along comes this idea called Grace to
upend all
that “As you reap, so will you sow” stuff.
Grace defies
reason and logic. Love interrupts, if you
like, the
consequences of your actions, which in my case
is very
good news indeed, because I’ve done a lot of
stupid stuff.
That’s between me and God. But I’d be in
big trouble if
Karma was going to finally be my judge. I’d
be in deep
shit. It doesn’t excuse my mistakes, but
I’m holding out
for Grace. I’m holding out that Jesus took
my sins onto
the Cross because I know who I am, and I hope
I don’t have
to depend on my own religiosity.
The point of the death of Christ is that
Christ took on
the sins of the world so that what we put out
did not come
back to us, and that our sinful nature does
not reap the
obvious death. That’s the point. It should
keep us
humbled….it's not our own good works
that get through the
gates of heaven…
If only we could be a bit more like Him, the
world would
be transformed. All I do is get up on the
Cross of the
Ego; the bad hangover, the bad review. When I
look at the
Cross of Christ, what I see up there is all my
shit and
everybody elses. So I ask myself a question a
lot of
people have asked: Who is this man? And was He
who He said
He was, or was he just a religious nut? And
there it is,
and that’s the question. And no one can talk
you into it
or out of it.”
