Change to spare ... .

                                          The closest we can 'get' to an American (and British) quasi-understand of karma is "You made your bed, now you must lie in it" a "common proverb" of Victorian Times .   Roughly, {EXCEEDINGLY Roughly} --  One must be responsible for one's {thinking} and ACTIONS .   We now know, from the blogs above, that our Past Actions have resulted in our Present Conditions ---and that in order to Chang  the Present Conditions we must Change the Mentality that produced those Past Actions so that NEW {desirable} Actions can then manifest .   

                     America is in the throes of trump's thinking and actions -----  OBVIOUSLY if trump is >removed< so too will the results of his thinking and actions .   By LAW and Definition 'Things' WILL Change .   Simple right ???   Not really .....

From Tibet, with shove ... .

                                            If you are like me, you found the definitions I provided as somewhat inscrutable and at the very least, perplexing .   It took me YEARS to finally chance upon an UNDERSTANDABLE representation of Karma and I can't express what a fucking RELIEF it was .  Teaching the Concept of Karma was difficult because just the IDEA of Karma seems perfidious .   No matter, the Tibetans rescued me and to Them I bow 10,000 times .

                    I URGE my Readers to invest in their Interest by procuring Practicing The Path ---A commentary on the Lamrim Chenpo delivered by Yangsi Rinpoche .   He devotes an entire chapter on Karma, titled "The Law of Cause and Effect" .  I confess, when I finished this chapter I was inwardly EXULTANT such was his purity of expression, his precision and the resultant lucidity .   I mean, who figured the Tibetans could express the {seeming} UN-expressable .   Well THEY DID and our GRATITUDE should be AND IS --->  Infinite .

                    I offer one brief sentence as an example .   "When we say that karma is definite, we mean that everything we experience arises as a concordant result of past actions ."   (p. 158)

                    I insist :  Ain't nothin' easy and this BRILLIANT Text is unimaginably Precious .

Karma of Zen

                                          In his Compass of Zen Teaching the late {GREAT} Zen Master, Seung Sahn, stipulated >Karma< thusly :

                                                               Bodhisattva karma ---> complete compassion

                                                                Good karma --->  happiness

                                                                 Bad karma --->  suffering

                                                                 Accumulated karma ---> predispositionsn form 

                                                                Same karma ---> same action 

      He adds :   Everything appears through karma, and disappears through karma

                        Mind appears, the Dharma appears; Dharma appears then form appears; form appears, then suffering appears .

                        Mind disappears, then Dharma disappears;  Dharma disappears then form disappears; form disappears; then suffering disappears .

Then this BOMB =   ALL THINGS ARE CREATED BY THE MIND .

Karma (cont.)

                                 "The effect of an action, which can be of the nature of body, speech, or mind, is not primarily determined by the act itself but rather particularly by the INTENTION of the action .   It is intention of actions that cause a karmic effect to arise .   When a deed cannot be carried out but the INTENTION toward it exists, this alone produces an effect .   ONLY A DEED THAT IS FREE FROM DESIRE, HATE AND DELUSION IS WITHOUT KARMIC EFFECT .   In this connection it should be noted that also good deeds being "rewards", engended karma and thus renewed rebirth .   In order to liberate oneself from the cycle of rebirth, one must refrain from both "good" and "bad" deeds .

               The Teaching of Karma does not constitute determinism .   The deeds do indeed determine the MANNER of rebirth but not the ACTIONS of the reborn individual-----karma provides the situation, not the response to the situation .  "

Karma

                                                                     Karma  as defined by The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen ,

                             From Sanskrit, literally > deed < .    Universal law of cause and effect, which according to the Buddhist vies takes effect in the following was :   "The deed (karma) produces a fruit under cirtain circumstances; when it is ripe then it falls upon the one responsible .   For a deed to produce its fruit, it must be morally good or bad and be conditioned by a volitional impulse, which in that it leaves a trace in the psyche of the doer, leads his destiny in the direction determined by the effect of the deed .   Since the time of ripening generally exceeds a lifespan, the effect of actions is necessarily one or more rebirths, which together constitutes the cycle of existence [ Samsara ] . "

        (translation from German edition of A. Bareau 1964)

 But wait , there's more ... .

Survival of the Fightest

                                              Ya-gotta ask :   HOW can Fear be neutralized ?    Let's look at this .  What is Fear ?    The Ancient Kung Fu Masters asserted :   "Fear is the Body's Wisdom that it is Weak, Bravery is the Body's Wisdom that it is Strong ."   How, then, can we summon "Bravery" (Strength) .   We recall 10th Grade Biology Class where we learned the Instinct of "Fight or Flight" in which we can see Bravery and Fear .   Are we to confront Instinct with Rationality ?     Not me, I ain't gonna ---  I say let's Fight Fire with Fire, meaning let's use Instinct to combat Instinct and the Instinct that can be applied with a "Heavy Hand" is "The Instinct for Self-Preservation"  which GUARANTEES the Release of Adrenalin which then ignites the Feeling of Strength and Power .   This THIS HAS-TA 'Work' because It HAS since Humankind was Formed .   

                         American Democracy is in a WAR FOR SURVIVAL --- "Flight" MUST BE SUMMARILY REJECTED if the American Way is to be continued .   

                         There IS no Other Choice .

Compensational*

                                               What can be done when HALF A NATION is MENTALLY ILL ?????   Despite trump's >RECORD LOW< poll numbers (61% DISAPPROVE of him and his) an astonishing 81% of republicans steadfastly believe he is doing a SPLENDID job !   What the fuck is the 'counter' to THAT ?????

                       Keep in mind that America's Mentally Ill have EXTRAORDINARY ACCESS to conventional and UNCONVENTIONAL Weapons and that those that aren't Rabid are FERAL .  Their HATRED for their fellow Human Beings is ALL-CONSUMING --- it is as a CONFLAGRATION that seeks to INCINERATE every one and every thing in its Path INCLUDING ITS OWN .  

                     I am of the Conviction that it is none-other than FEAR which ignites this CATACLYSMAL INFERNO .    Trump FEARS he will be viewed as Weak and Stupid so he Compensates as ALL --->Bullies<--- do .