Re: Ideas on Karma (and the various implications)
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté Eric11235
karma is karman - and it is rooted (√) is this sound kṛ - act , action , performance also 'the product or result'.
In and of itself, as it stands alone it is an action. We come to know it as action and hence re-action. We then call this the ~law~ of karma.
The point to be made - in and of itself, there is no darśana (exhibiting , teaching) ~philosopy~ within the word.
So, what can we say about this? Some say there are 4 flavors:
- nirvartya , when something (anything ) new is produced - from a thought to a basket, to a painting, to ...
- vikārya - when change occurs - wood is reduced to ash, heat, flame. When one converts say a metal to a sword, a basket of fruit into a jam
- prāpya , when any desired object is attained - a job, a car even the viewing of some movie that was desired to see
- anīpsita , when an undesired object is abandoned; getting rid of something be it discards, friends that became foes, etc
There is so-so much more to this ... but I wish to ask you , you mention the following:
But also of note, is the concept that I believe is key to reincarnation, and that is that you are not always born a human,
In this sentence who is you? You ( let me talk in 1st person , me, the objective view of 'I") or I am here as yajvan. I am here
in this space for a very short time. If and when I come back, it is not yajvan that comes back, it is not 'me' that comes back.
Yajvan is a temporary bundle of vibrations when assembled, has a certain ego ( ahaṃkāra - individuality) for this time, space
and place , no? This ahaṃkāra is ~individual~ not universal as yet. It does not go from body-to-body.
Note this word ahaṃkāra = ahaṃ+kāra 'I' + 'doer' or maker. And what is 'doing' ? Karma or karman, as aforementioned.
This is the wisdom that we need to better understand. Who is it that goes from body to body ? Surely it is not yajvan. Then who ? And who then is having this experience? The closer we get to this answer the closer we better understand our selves.
praṇām
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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