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**Immonnaornach** · 09-11-2011, 12:38 PM

A perspective on Karma and Free Will

By Aik Theng Chong

" It is said, a view into space is at the same time a view into the past. Space is visible time, however visible only in one direction.

We can see worlds which are thousands of light years away and one day we may find out that one of them is our own world, not as it is now but many millions of years ago. If we look into space in a starry night, it is not a universe of the present but that of a past that we are seeing. It is a universe in which the different parts do not even exist simultaneously though it is seen in the same moment.

As it is now, we are living more in the past than in the present. Our body themselves are actually the visible appearance of our pass consciousness. It is actually materialized karma, the consciousness of past moment of existence made visible.

Karma is but the acting principle of our consciousness, which as effect becomes visible appearance, this appearance is thus essentially ‘past’. The position of the body as the product of a passed consciousness and also as a basis of the present one give rise in us one part that is conscious and subject to our will such as our movement, speech, action and functioning of our mind, and another unconscious part such as the growth and decay of our body."

Continued here:

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index....,10442,0,0,1,0

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09-11-2011, 12:38 PM	#1
Immonnaornach Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 394 Senior Member	A perspective on Karma and Free Will A perspective on Karma and Free Will By Aik Theng Chong " It is said, a view into space is at the same time a view into the past. Space is visible time, however visible only in one direction. We can see worlds which are thousands of light years away and one day we may find out that one of them is our own world, not as it is now but many millions of years ago. If we look into space in a starry night, it is not a universe of the present but that of a past that we are seeing. It is a universe in which the different parts do not even exist simultaneously though it is seen in the same moment. As it is now, we are living more in the past than in the present. Our body themselves are actually the visible appearance of our pass consciousness. It is actually materialized karma, the consciousness of past moment of existence made visible. Karma is but the acting principle of our consciousness, which as effect becomes visible appearance, this appearance is thus essentially ‘past’. The position of the body as the product of a passed consciousness and also as a basis of the present one give rise in us one part that is conscious and subject to our will such as our movement, speech, action and functioning of our mind, and another unconscious part such as the growth and decay of our body." Continued here: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index....,10442,0,0,1,0 Any Comments?
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