We should add a yes/no poll.

Im feeling a bit poll whorey right now.

Yes but only over multiple lifetimes

Begger me twice. Hello mart

dubmeup wrote:

Hi dubs
good to see you mate

edit.... and Abs too
hope you are both well

martg wrote:
Please tell us more...

RealAmerican wrote:
I believe in reincarnation, what we do to others in one life we pay for in the next

mart! good to see you pal.

batou wrote:
Thanks Batou

good to see you too

Hello stranger

Nice to see you lad

psketti wrote:
thanks psketti
it's good to see you all again, it feels like I've been away for years even though it's only been a few weeks
strange few weeks though

anyway don't want to hijack the thread...

martg wrote:
Don't worry about that... it's our speciality

martg wrote:
Is there any chance I could be a bird because I want to fly?

Or do we always stay in the human body?

Without negatives there would be no positives.
We would have nothing to measure them against.

Would we value life as highly if it were not tenuous?
Would we have a concept of good without one of evil?
Light works best against the dark.

If we were to conceptualize a method of acquiring all encompassing knowledge and understanding, (a long established aspiration of man), then we would have to experience all things from a variety of viewpoints. e.g. the murderer and the murdered, the witness, the bereaved .... etc Karma is an ideal way of presenting that concept.
It would also be impossible to cram those experiences into one lifespan, hence reincarnation becomes interwoven into the fabric of Karmic belief.

or sumfink, It's late O'clock.

Is it a reality?
I doubt it.

RealAmerican wrote:
How would I know?
it's just a belief system, I don't claim any insider knowledge

psketti wrote:
He should have a look around the forum and see just how many threads manage to stay ON topic I bet there is less than 10 out of the entire thing...

YaY! I'm in Bury St Edmunds getting the last of my things, so I have about half an hour online, thanks to the sister's talktalk. Time enough to put this thread back on topic.

No.

I used to believe in karma very firmly: that you reaped what you sowed, that what you did you got back, etc. In fact, my little novella The Crowd is all about how I used to see karma at work.

I started that story some fourteen years ago, but the ex then motherhood got in the way and I didn't actually get to write it out until the tail end of last year and the start of this one. I persisted in writing it the way I'd intended it at its start - and throughout I was astonished at how naive I'd been back then.

I guess years and years of seeing enough "bad guys and gals" get away with anything and everything (including murder) changed my mind that some mighty power would eventually straighten matters out.

No. I no longer believe in karma (or dharma). I tend not to believe very much in any spiritual claim or system these days (although that's another thread for another time. ).