Reply #415: I am so sorry Frankly. What a cruel experience. You were strong though,

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and wise and compassionate, helping guide your mother in law through. I think that qualifies for some good karma.

I think all of us fighting against the lies of the IMperial Throne and its minions, in whatever way we can, are creating good karma.

It is what we do from moment to moment, and whether we can act on the wisdom and compassion that exists already within us that determines who we are and what our surroundings reflect, and on a large scale, our collective future. Its human action that determines human lives. That's what I believe, anyway.

"Compassionate Christians" seem to think that compassion is beating other people up with the judgemental decrees of some Deity who exists outside of themselves to watch and pass judgement on us, meanwhile waiting for said Deity to appear in a burst of..flame or clouds or media fanfare ( ;) ) or something, and take them away.

But even behaving so ignorantly, they have that core of wisdom and compassion deep inside, its just so buried under human failings (as it is for everyone), its hard to believe its there (this is part of my belief system too, and I really do believe it, it makes sense the concept that we all have value and dignity, I just have to work at remembering this part, since liars and hypcrites and hurtful people make me soo angry).

Forgive me, I just typed my stream of thought, kind of putting my personal life philosophy out there, even though no-one asked for it. ( :sheepish grin: )