Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00047)

>>I find it difficult to understand how a murderer or someone who
inflicts great suffering on others will not generate Karma at all levels
simply because he does not *expect* to be punished.  Also millions of
people in the world do not believe in Karma and therefore don't expect
any Karmic "reward" or "punishment" to follow their actions, yet
presumably it does follow in
one life or another.  How would what you are saying about "expectations"
apply in these two examples ie the murderer and people in general who
don't believe in Karma?>>

Karma is a complex subject. Our actions can generate
effects, as can our thinking. I agree that causation
works whether we expect it to or not, and I don't recall
ever saying anything to the contrary. Rather, what I
said was that our expectations will also cause karmic
effects.
 
HPB mentions somewhere that our conscience, our
sense of right and wrong, also produces a lot of karma
for us, and that those people who have no conscience
don't produce as much karma (this would include animals
as well). A murderer without a conscience will not suffer
as much as one who has one. Of course he or she may
develop one in time and then recall what they did...

Jerry S.
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
           

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