A Planet of Parasites and the Problem with God

Re:A Planet of Parasites and the Problem with God by utkarsh858 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @04:34AM (#38899843)

1) You are right wasp, and similar beings dont have much choice, whatever they do they are mistly dictated by nature and they have to act accordingly. That is why there is no karma for them. They cannot create any karma or 'sin' BUT they can suffer the reactions of the bad karma they have done in past life (in a species when they actually had the intelligence to differentiate between right and wrong).

A crude example: A man torturing a caterpillar for fun, may have to take birth in a life of caterpillar and endure the same pain, either by a human or different species.

Karma does not negate biology, karma is a law which acts on 'subtler' platform than gross law of biology. pleaseure and suffering decided according to law of karma is manifested by biology(through chance and probabilities)!

Thanks for such wonderful questions, am open to more.

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Re:A Planet of Parasites and the Problem with God by antihipocrat on Sunday January 07, 2024 @05:39AM (#38900095)

So in the karmic worldview, creatures that have no free agency are karmically neutral? If so, how would the hypothetical soul that is born in the form of a caterpillar (or another lifeform with zero free agency) be able to ever gain karma?

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Re:A Planet of Parasites and the Problem with God by utkarsh858 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @10:10AM (#38901805)

Not karmically neutral. They can not produce new reactions but consume older ones.

Once its bad reactions( because of which he had to take a life form with so little consciousness ) are over it can get a new form with more intelligence.

Soul never takes a form, it is distinct from matter. Dull matter takes the form. It only 'directs' matter. After old body is destroyed it gets a new body.

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Re:A Planet of Parasites and the Problem with God by antihipocrat on Sunday January 07, 2024 @03:46PM (#38904975)

I find this interesting, do you have a recommendation for further reading?

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Re:A Planet of Parasites and the Problem with God by utkarsh858 on Sunday January 07, 2024 @11:13PM (#38908193)

There is a monk who likes to explain eastern philosophy in a very wholesome and technical way. Book Reference: 1>. 'Demystifying Reincarnation' https://www.amazon.in/Demystifying-Reincarnation-Chaitanya-C...

2>. 'Frequently unanswered questions' https://www.amazon.in/Frequently-Unanswered-Questions-Chaita...

For a way too technical and scientific analysis of eastern philosophy check out 'Atma Paradigm' series(my respect to you if you actually complete that): 3>. https://m.youtube.com/@TheAtmaParadigm/videos

High quality articles on various controversial scenarios in terms of karma https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/?s=Karma________

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