Anyone think much about karma in their own lives? I'm not so much talking about leftovers from previous lives, but the karmic burden we create for ourselves in this current life. I feel like I am carrying around a karmic debt the size and scope of Hanford Nuclear Reservation from all my bad decisions. Much like Hanford, cleaning up all my karmic radioactive waste will take several lifetimes. I am trying to turn the corner, and make good decisions. It's not easy, no question about it.
Karma as the cosmic bar tab. Eventually you have to pay up after what you've been doing. Much like going to the Pearly Gates and being judged by a bearded St. Peter at the rostrum before your Fate is decided. Common theme. In a secular setting some people would think ET would fill that role.
Anything we really need to know about Life naturally comes out of the TV set
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Lucifer and there's one statement he made that I liked about Hell being of your own creation and that the door is never locked. If you can be honest with yourself about your own behavior you already passed the test and are in no danger of being locked away in regret. Too many people lie to themselves and rationalize away the unpleasant parts. That's building your life on a shaky foundation, IMO.
Just went through a tough stretch with a friend and his family. They invented self-serving rationalization. Grave, life threatening situation. Certain members of his family have not really stepped up to do anything, rather have been hiding behind various excuses. Sometimes I hear from them as I did last night looking for something from me. I suppose they want me to say something to make them feel better and play the game which I won't do. Don't say anything rude, just don't buy into it. Thing is, what I think or say is totally irrelevant. They are the ones who have to put their heads on the pillow at night and live with their actions, not me. If it affected me somehow that's my own issue.