hariḥ oṁ
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Namasté
Eastern Mind writes¹,
I have been pondering this for a few days now. What have been my thoughts? If one is a misogynist in this life, then in a future life the person will be female? If one is a thief then , in the next life he is the one robbed of his/her wealth? Of if one is a murderer (today) then in the next life this person becomes the murdered?SS: In my opinion, a misogynist will surely be reborn as a woman. I mean, do we believe in karma and reincarnation, or not? Is it a reality, or just some intellectual concept that may or may not be true?
We are dealing with opposites or the retribution of one that is the offender changing places with the offended.
Many will say to every action there is a reaction. Some also may say there is an equal and opposite reaction ( this is more from the laws of physics). Do we think then that this is the model of karma and its various types ¹ ?
My thoughts are the following. If the offender in this life becomes the offended (in the next life), where is the lesson learned, the reflection of actions that should not have been done if the person does not recall doing them? If in this life, the offender is the offended then there is the possibility ( me thinks) for reflection and growth if in fact that ignorance is not abundantly thick.
One more example: Take a dog. The dog has an accident on your carpet in your home ( this may be foreign to many the live in India, as far-and-few allow dogs into the home). Now wait six months, and then punish the dog. What will be the good , or lesson that comes from this punishment 6 months later?
Like that - where is the benefit of the lesson in a future life if one cannot recall actions that may have stimulated a result without any audit trial to the source of the action? Are we then thinking about the 'model' correctly ? Are we missing something?
Kṛṣṇa said¹ 'unfathomable is the course of action'. We at times are bewildered at the events of life; What was the audit trail back to this action? We hear often 'Why did it happen to me ?'
praṇām
words and references
- From EM's post: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=4342&page=3
- HDF post on karma and influences : http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3656&highlight=karma
- Kṛṣṇa - Bhāgavad gītā - Chapter 4, 17th śloka - gahanā karmaṇaḥ gathiḥ -
- gahana गहन - inexplicable , hard to be understood ~ unfathomable
- karmaṇaḥ or karman कर्मन्- act , action , performance
- gati गति- path , way , course , method
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