Author: win r

"Theo (cont):  Mr. J. H. Conelly proceeds - "The believers in a religion based upon such doctrine are willing it should be compared with one in which man's destiny for eternity is determined by the accidents of a single, brief earthly existence, during which he is cheered by the promise that 'as the tree falls [...]

"Theo (cont):  Another able Theosophic writer says (Purpose of Theosophy, by Mrs. P. Sinnett): "Every individual is making Karma either good or bad in each action and thought of his daily round, and is at the same time working out in this life the Karma brought about by the acts and desires of the last. [...]

"Theo (cont):  Quotes from the Secret Doctrine (cont): "This law, whether conscious or unconscious, predestines nothing and no one. It exists from and in eternity truly, for it is eternity itself; and as such, since no act can be coequal with eternity, it cannot be said to act, for it is action itself. It is [...]

"Theo:  Quotes from the Secret Doctrine (cont): "It is not, therefore, Karma that rewards or punishes, but it is we who reward or punish ourselves according to whether we work with, through and along with nature, abiding by the laws on which that harmony depends, or - break them. Nor would the ways of Karma [...]

"Theo (cont):  E. D. Walker, in his "Reincarnation", offers the following explanation: "Briefly, the doctrine of Karma is that we have made ourselves what we are by former actions, and are building our future eternity by present actions. There is no destiny but what we ourselves determine. There is no salvation or condemnation except what [...]