Theos-Talk Archives (December 1998 Message tt00202)

>I don't think that we can have karma with someone else, outside
>of ourselves and that other person. The karma is "unfinished
>business" between us, unspent energy, needed adjustments in
>our lives to account for previous actions, interactions, causes
>set in motion between ourselves and the other person.
>

Eldon, I agree. This is exactly why forgiveness is so important--
it "finishes" the business between people.


>Karma doesn't cease until we no longer interact with that
>other person, having no unspent energy between us and them,
>no unfinished business to attend to, no future hopes and
>wishes dependent upon interaction with them, etc. That is,
>karma with that person ceases when they become an non-entity
>to us, when we are indifferent to them in life.
>

Well, this sounds a bit hard-nosed. Rather than see other
people as non-entities, I would prefer to see them as
people in need of love and compassion. Forgiveness
helps to sever karmic ties from the past and compassion,
while seeking no reward, allows us to help others
without making new karma.

Jerry S.