Can you work off anantarika karma?

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Adam1234 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:15 am What about murder?
Innocent until proven otherwise
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cappuccino wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:11 am
Adam1234 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:10 am There was nothing I could do.
The timing of a person’s death is predetermined


There is nothing to do
Could you answer my question? What if I used a force without knowing it? Am I responsible?
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Adam1234 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:18 am Am I responsible?
You can’t accidentally use a power you do not posses
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And serious attempts (to attain this power) have already failed
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cappuccino wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:21 am And serious attempts (to attain this power) have already failed
MN 56?
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Adam1234 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:34 am MN 56?
This conversation was predetermined
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cappuccino wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:37 am
Adam1234 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:34 am MN 56?
This conversation was predetermined
You mean we've had it before? Yes I know.
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Adam1234 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:42 am You mean we've had it before? Yes I know.
Even this moment
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cappuccino wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:42 am
Adam1234 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:42 am You mean we've had it before? Yes I know.
Even this moment
You see, it's hard for me to take credit. But it's being PUT ON ME.
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Adam1234 wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:49 am You see, it's hard for me to take credit. But it's being PUT ON ME.
Take self out of the equation


Things are just happening
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Mr. 1234,

Before you completely lose your mind.

Practice Buddhism again.

For this falsety is not of you.

And this falsety is not Buddhist.

:candle:
That sage who has perfect insight,
at the summit of spiritual perfection:
that’s who I call a brahmin.

-Dhammapada.
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Mahabrahma wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:04 pm Mr. 1234,

Before you completely lose your mind.

Practice Buddhism again.

For this falsety is not of you.

And this falsety is not Buddhist.

:candle:
It was wrong. But it is possible. Mn 56.
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SDC's posts have been really to the point, IMO. Apart from that, it's a mental health issue and healing the psyche. The normal thing is to advise someone to see a doctor. Help in the real world is generally far superior to even the wisest and best-intentioned posts here, because it works on multiple levels.
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Our misery has no beginning, yet our earliest memory is parents.
With a little mishap in apprehension, we thought our misery is brought on by parents -
maybe not all but at least partially they do.
childhood trauma, personality defects by abuse of parents, so on.

Not really if we thought via Kamma & rebirth. Our discontent is deeply seated before we chose to join our parents.
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Jack19990101 wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 2:24 pm Our misery has no beginning, yet our earliest memory is parents.
With a little mishap in apprehension, we thought our misery is brought on by parents -
maybe not all but at least partially they do.
childhood trauma, personality defects by abuse of parents, so on.

Not really if we thought via Kamma & rebirth. Our discontent is deeply seated before we chose to join our parents.
I always tried to be good to my parents. Aside from having bad thoughts, I treated my mother well. I never said anything hurtful to my parents. They loved me and I would stay silent before saying anything mean or disrespectful. I tried to be good.
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