Theos-Talk Archives (October 2004 Message tt00334)

Oct 20 2004



Dear Friend L



Forgive my breaking in:



I think "Dharma" is also important - but needs definition. 



Consider that every choice or decision has moral implications.



The choice "NOT TO ACT" is motivated by what ? 



Each one of us makes a decision at that point and we are responsible for it.



Are we violating a "dharma?"



Best wishes,





Dallas



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-----Original Message-----
From: Teos
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 1:06 PM
To: 
Subject: RE: re mind/brain, karma



Reed,



You pose an interesting question regarding the concept of Karma. 



Does NON-ACTION carry karmic consequence the same, as does ACTION? 



To further complicate the matter, it is my understanding, that the LAW OF
KARMA, is the over-arching rule, which governs every action of the Mental,
Emotional or Physical bodies. That said, it seem clear to me that there can
be karmic ramifications to everything we think, feel and do. Especially when
those mental, emotional or physical behaviors run opposite to our innate
sense of DUTY! 



Indeed, I am not sure we can we even speak of Karma, without DHARMA. It is
our intuitive grasp of duty, or lack thereof, that guides our actions. It is
in the performance of that duty, or lack thereof, which determines any
further KARMIC REACTION! 



So the question for me becomes, do we have a duty to preserve, or save a
life? All karmic ramifications flow out of our understanding, or lack
thereof, of the LAW OF DUTY.



What do you think?



Best,



Louis





In a message dated 10/18/2004 1:07:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
reed3@blavatsky.net writes:

Gopi,

You say "...one might start realizing that Action is happening and we 
simply witness the Action. Then there is no Karma attached to it. That is 
the teaching of later Chapters of Gita."

Suppose you were minding your own business sitting under a tree and only 
observing. Then before you a man murdered a woman. You could have stopped 
the murder but you chose to do nothing but calmly observe the murder from 
under the tree.

Would you have created karma by your inaction?

Reed

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