Friday, June 4, 2010

That's the reason they're called lessons

'And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' (Alice)
'Ten hours the first day, nine the next, and so on.' (The Mock Turtle)
'What a curious plan!' (Alice)
'That's the reason they're called lessons, because they lessen from day to day.' (The Gryphon)

Believing in karma and the boomerang effect is without a doubt a matter of a very private personal choice. Paying attention in the present (progressive) tense and putting the dots together is however a matter of curiosity, coupled with insight.

Once the karmic effect is acknowledged the question remains: how does it actually work - is it quid pro quo? Do we 'get' exactly what we 'earned'? Or is there is a karmic interest rate calculated in a somewhat random fashion... and we often end up paying off much more, or much less than what we thought we had accumulated?

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