…bad karma?…
Posted by Chief on May 24, 2006
…so, I was driving home after my morning workout (yes, I'm finally trying to actively do something positive for my body besides quitting things [I've quit alcohol, nicotine, and all carbonated soda]) (<— look at that – nested notes 
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Anyway… driving home, and I passed that same homeless guy I made the post about on the 15th. This time I didn't give any handouts. His sign says 'Help a Vet'. Since I'm military, should I be helping this guy out more so than someone who has signs like these: 'Help a Bum', or 'Homeless, need money', or even one this bold (though I don't think the homeless would actually wear a shirt like this) 'Need money for alcohol research'?
Anyway, lets see how today goes. Is there a religion based on karma? Without googling anything, I believe that hinduism has a lot to do with it. Any others? Maybe we need a karma religion. Though, I suppose it would be a philosophy by definition. And, well, it kind of already is a philosophy. So… maybe we just need to set up a formal organization of karmic students to study and follow the philosophy of karma…
In fact, we could meet once a month, incorporate some ideas out of the AA program, and the TV show 'My name is Earl'. We could have a support group and talk about progress on our karma lists. We would need a meeting place. A formal organization like this would need it's own building to be taken seriously. Of course, that would mean money from donations.
Can you pay off karma? Would it bring bad karma on the person accepting the money? For karma to work, doesn't someone eventually have to effectively say 'no' and stop the cycle?
…so, while I get ready for work this morning, I'm going to dig around for a couple extra bucks for that homeless guy… time to work on paying off my bad karma…
Good thing I'm getting a part time job to supplement my income…
