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Let us begin this investigation of the twin concepts of Karma and rebirth by imagining the following scene, in which a man named Lenny is visiting his friend Pedro in the hospital after discovering that Pedro has recently been run over by a bus.

“Wow, that looks incredibly painful,” says Lenny, setting a basket of fruit on the bedside table. “You’ve got sixteen broken bones, damage to your internal organs, and look at those battery acid burns off over your face. That must hurt like the dickens.”

“I never knew this kind of agony was possible,” groans Pedro

“Oh yes, and worse, besides,” says Lenny, pausing for a moment’s reflection. “Of course you deserve it, after what you did.”

“What?” Pedro replies. “What did I do to deserve this?

“I don’t know, but look at the state of you! You’re a complete mess! You must have done something really awful, you scoundrel. Or maybe you had some really depraved thoughts, or you said some wicked and sinful words. Or maybe you did a whole bunch of bad little deeds over countless lives and the consequences have accumulated and now -- bingo -- it’s payback time.”

“What in blazes are you talking about?

“I’m taking about karma, why friend, and fact that what goes around comes around. Karma is here to teach you to straighten up and fly right, understand?

“I understand that I’d do anything to avoid this happening again.”

“I’m sure you would. Too bad that you can never know why this happened, but that’s karma for you. All that you know is that you’ve done some really terrible things and you should be ashamed of yourself. But karmic justice doesn’t come with a moral instruction manual -- you know, do this, don’t do that -- so, really, it’s impossible to avoid this sort of misery happening again and again, over infinite lifetimes. Want a grape?

“No, I don’t want a grape! What kind of a friend are you anyway?

:The straight taking kind. Hey, don’t blame me for the fact that karma you’re working off the bad karma that’s stuck to you like plaque to a tooth. …….~ Page 474

THIS EXCERPT IS FROM:

2 years ago. Edited 23 months ago.

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