--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Exactly. The whole notion becomes amongst other things simply a way >> to create and maintain various revenge fantasies--either one's own or >> somebody else's. If everyone is getting what they supposedly deserve, >> there's never any impetus to deal with personal issues responsibly, >> move on, or do anything for anyone else. I think the lives people >> live who follow this philosophy speak for themselves--they seem, at >> least on the surface, pretty lonely and without many meaningful >> relationships. > > As Amma puts it, it may be someone's karma to experience > suffering, but it's our karma to help them.
Amma puts it very well.