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To: E who wrote (25968)	11/16/1998 6:03:00 PM
From: Craig Richards	Respond to of 108807

For one thing, it sounds like blaming people for, say, worrying about where to get food (though, granted, not for their suffering at actual hunger pains.) But...worry is not a bad thing in itself, is it? It helps us survive. I'm not blaming people for worrying, I'm just saying it is caused by their own thoughts. Karma is a statement of cause and effect, it is not a value judgement. There is both good and bad karma, right? I agree that worry is not necessarily a bad thing, the same way that suffering is not necessarily a bad thing. If we touch a hot stove, we suffer, and then we quickly remove our hands. This is a case where suffering is good for us. (But I'm not even sure how much "neurotic" suffering involves free will, when it comes right down to it. Seems harsh to call it "karma" if it doesn't.) To me, karma is the action of cause and effect. If neuroses don't involve free will, what is their cause? If their cause is not based on a person's actions/thoughts, then I agree that karma would not apply in this case.