11-26-2017, 05:15 PM
Don and Ra Wrote:34.4 Questioner: Thank you. Would you define karma?
Ra: I am Ra. Our understanding of karma is that which may be called inertia. Those actions which are put into motion will continue using the ways of balancing until such time as the controlling or higher principle which you may liken unto your braking or stopping is invoked. This stoppage of the inertia of action may be called forgiveness. These two concepts are inseparable.
Here follows my guess on this topic.
"Karma" is a Sanskrit word meaning action. "Motion," in the sense of a flywheel, works well also.
As you know, the edge of wheel spins much faster than the center, and if you can live at the very center, the spinning is stilled.
Naturally, if you beat someone up, then, normally, you can expect that wheel to continue spinning, that is, you can expect consequences to follow. But what if you beat someone up in a completely impersonal manner, so that you have distance from your emotions and other calculations, so that you do the act as a pure act? In that case, do you incur the same degree of karma as if you were to do such a thing out of rage, etc.? I think not. That is, if you can act from a still point, your accrued karma is much less.
A well developed sts operative, who learns to distance himself from his feelings, and maybe also from most of his thoughts, might incur less karma than you expect on days when he is in good form and can keep his intention pure.
...or, maybe not?