What do Merle Sneed and Sharon Stone have in common? Neither knows much about karma. What else? That lack of knowledge will not stop either of us from proving we don't know squat. Of course, I have an excuse for my ignorance, since I am not a friend of the Dali Lama, like Sharon.
By now you must have heard that Sharon Stone said that she thought the earthquake in China might be payback for their mistreatment of the Tibetans in general and her pal, the Dali Lama in particular. Sharon apparently believes that karma is some sort divine retribution for ne'er-do-wells. Some supernatural force looks down on things and smites the bad guys and rewards the good guys.
The fly in the ointment for this line of reasoning is that earthquakes are sort of indiscriminate in their devastation. Pretty much, people in all countries have been victimized by an earthquake or some other manner of mass destruction. There have to be some good guys, doesn't there? The thousands of Chinese children that died in the quake harbored no ill will toward the Tibetans. How do you account for that?
Merle Sneed, on the other hand, suspects that karma is more personal. If you behave badly, surround yourself with bad people, who do bad things, you will likely be visited by some bad things yourself. Good people, good things...you get it. It's not crime and punishment, it's the natural consequence of the choices we make.
If Merle Sneed is crushed by a falling church steeple, thats irony, not karma. Perhaps the Dali Lama will explain this to Sharon. Or maybe I'm wrong and the Chinese had it coming.
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky
9 comments:
Sharon Stone is full of it.
New Orleans didn't deserve to devastated by a hurricane, and it hit poor areas especially hard... so people should think a bit before they speak.
I am always surprised to discover that actors who appear to be intelligent in the movies are not so in real life. They turn out to be about as smart as regular people.
what's your view on the new 'dog friendly' cars by Honda?
Dennis likes bees, esp. with gravy.
Sounds like someone has been watching My Name is Earl.
When it comes to disaster, we've all got it coming. Ditto for windfalls. Luckily, stuff happens and things remain interesting. Anything can happen.
We just adopted a perfect doggie, which came to us as a well-deserved gift from the universe. And when that doggie don't come when he's called, runs in the street and gets squashed by an SUV, we deserve that, too, no doubt.
Sharon Stone should thanks her lucky star she is very fortunate. Doesn't she know natural disaster can happen in any country.
I like Sharon Stone, but I think you're spot-on in this case: Karma is a reflection of personal choices and the people/energy with which we surround ourselves.
(How did I get so far behind on your blog??)
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