re karma, duty, Dallas, etc
May 06, 2003 05:55 AM
by Mauri
Dallas wrote: <<Am I responsible to, or for others?
Do I depend on them, and do they depend on me to be
their true brother? Is the Universe cooperative and
multi-dependent? Can I truly entirey separate myself
from IT ? Can I assist without expecting a payment or
a “return favor?”>>
They seem to be relevant (karmic) questions, which
might bring up the question of how to define "one's
duty" re this and that ...
<<The BHAGAVAD GITA is found to contain
continued reference to this point, as Sri Krishna says
again and again, “Do thy duty without expectation of
reward, simply because your Karma has caused it to
lie in front of you.”>>
As I tend to see it, that reference to "duty" in relation
to "karma" still leaves the reader with having to define
those two words. So thinking back on the various
discussions on these lists about the meaning of karma
from various perspectives (as per "exoteric/esoteric," in
particular ...), seems to me as if there aren't too many
particularly "simple" solutions on this plane, unless, of
course, "karma" and "duty" (and whatever?) are
somehow creatively "simplified" in one's mind ... Not
that ...
Speculatively,
Mauri
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