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| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
but they do not behave in the same fashion; there isn't necessarily an "equal and opposite" reaction the same way there is in the physics sense. |
No there isn't. But lack of quantitative evidence does not necessarily mean that the mechanism does not exist. Karma (spiritual or whatever) is simply a cause-effect relation. Cause-Effect is the most fundamental relation which governs the dynamics of the physical universe. I don't see how human actions at all levels are not in any way bound by this relation.
| quote: | | i could sneak next door right now and throw a brick through their window, and as long as i don't get caught doing so, there wont be any effect passed onto me. |
How will you prove or disprove this ? Life spans over several decades and given the fact that the reaction may not be equal, opposite or instantaneous, you cannot say that this action will not result in an unpleasant effect at a later stage of your life. I admit it's equally impossible to prove that a future effect is tied up to this cause.
| quote: | | of course i believe in "social karma" - the way in which you behave and treat people will of course have a relationship to how you are treated in return, but only if people have absolute knowledge of good/bad things you've done. |
Human actions originate first in the mind and are then completed through the physical body. If the physical actions qualify as "bad" then I would also qualify the thoughts behind these actions as "bad". Killing someone and wishing someone death are both "bad" in my books. Social karma would simply be a subset of a more generalized version of karma.
| quote: | | IF nobody notices the missing money, and IF nobody ever mentions it to anyone else, then there surely will never be resulting "bad karma" from taking the money. and if so, how? |
Yeah but how would the person who stole the money know that ? There is no way for him to know this for a fact. I would go on and say that this may never be 100% true given the fact that stealing money is bad and hence adds up to bad karma and hence is bound to create an unpleasant reaction of some sort.
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