understanding karma

[Bring4th_Austin]

I think the concept of karma is a tough thing to project out into the world. Many strict atheists condemn the idea as a reason to excuse suffering, which I can understand their frustration from that standpoint. I think that karma should be a personal thing used to examine our own lives. I suppose using examples, like Jesus in the Ra material, can help us understand a bit how it works ("In forgiveness lies the stoppage of the wheel of action, or what you call karma.") Yet, in the same line as interpreting dreams or psychological therapy, I think that it's hard for any person other than the self to really examine karma and karmic involvement in our lives.

So I simply hold the idea of forgiveness in my heart (I feel it is a major form of "love" that we are able to actually feel in 3D), and try not to understand any suffering as "karma." If I see suffering and I can directly do something about it, I will, and I shrug off any notion of how the universe may ultimately work, because my reaction will always be the same. Help eliminate suffering.