Karma

Last year, wife totted up the value of the things we had won (she writes everything down) and it came to over R 120 000. Of course she does not mention the cost of entering these competitions, sometimes you have to buy something, like she bought 12 rolls of bubble-wrap since the prize was a trip to Australia (we did not win it) and then some roller-blinds that we eventually sold at a loss for a brick-paved driveway (we won that), so R 60 000 for our housekeeper's place in Nyanga several years ago sort of balanced the books. The last big prize was given away by Unilever which is (yawn) yet another trip to Sun City, the most boring place on earth imo. Often, you cannot give these prizes away and are forced to go to presentations and talk bs to the press.

The best one was some "give-away" by Rabie who were promoting Century City about 15 years ago. The prize was a diamond ring said to be worth R 50 000. She won it and got the ring at the presentation. I took it to a jeweller who said it was an inferior stone with occlusions and was worth tops R 2000. So I wrote to Rabie and suggested they had given her the wrong ring. Never received a reply. That is karma for you, a negative for them.
 
Karma is you! You do something bad you punish youself for it. Unless you're a psycho...karma does not work on psycho's.
 
zophas said:
Karma is you! You do something bad you punish youself for it. Unless you're a psycho...karma does not work on psycho's.
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So for example, kick an annoying kid then force yourself to sit in the corner?
 
Walk into any paediatric oncology ward and tell me karma exists...:whistle:
 
Sinbad said:
Add in reincarnation and you're sorted.
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I have no problem with that, but most modern day hippie-karma, raw-veg-eating, nut-picking, opinionated, loud-mouthed, tree-huggers don't believe in reincarnation. In my experience they believe in other woo that precludes reincarnation as an option. Yet they'll happily read karmic value into everything...
 
Sinbad said:
Add in reincarnation and you're sorted.
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hmmmm, careful here ... reincarnation is often misinterpreted by the idea of you die and you reborn. though its false, what it means is from death there can be life and that is true. You are the product of a dead star, it went supernova ann created the elements and over time you were the result.
 
RiaX said:
hmmmm, careful here ... reincarnation is often misinterpreted by the idea of you die and you reborn. though its false, what it means is from death there can be life and that is true. You are the product of a dead star, it went supernova ann created the elements and over time you were the result.
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:wtf:

It is best practice not to redefine words...
 
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Its not redefining the word the english word comes from a latin origin however the idea of the word comes from hinduism and the language sanskrit which does not mean the reanimation of flesh or recycling of the soul. Since the idea of karma also comes from here its appropriate to use the word in its correct context
 
RiaX said:
Its not redefining the word the english word comes from a latin origin however the idea of the word comes from hinduism and the language sanskrit which does not mean the reanimation of flesh or recycling of the soul. Since the idea of karma also comes from here its appropriate to use the word in its correct context
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You might need a different word to express the notion you're seeking to convey. As it stands, the English word 'reincarnation' does not mean what you want it to:

re·in·car·na·tion   [ree-in-kahr-ney-shuhn]
noun
1. the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.
2. rebirth of the soul in a new body.
3. a new incarnation or embodiment, as of a person.

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Also, the bold bit... pretty much precisely what it does mean in Hinduism...
 
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Nope. Too much suffering in the world.

It's like religion in that it's there to give people hope.
 
Karma is simple :

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