Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00030)

Hi, Titus,

I think our disagreement re taking on another person's karma is in the
nomenclature we use, because I really agree with what you now say "what
he does with that lightened load is entirely up to him ..... we have free
will." That's what I was talking about.

I'm sure, in my own mind, that the Masters had pain in past lives. They are
said to be human beings, only more perfected than most others. As for
voluntarily taking it on in future lives, I believe that they don't have to,
because I think they've learned how to deal with pain so it doesn't hurt
them. An adept knows how to deal with the forces of nature.

You'd like to know my definition of sin as opposed to erring. Sin, to me is
unforgiveable. The sinner lands in hell. A person who errs can sooner or
later learn to do it better, and so become redeemed. To me one of the
beauties of karma is that as you learn you can change it. People who don't
learn anything keep on making the same mistake over & over again. A striking
example which comes to mind is a divorced person, who remarries someone very
much like their first spouse, and is just as miserable for the same reasons
the second time round. That's Karma presenting them with the same lesson,
until they realize what they need to change. Then the karma will change.

Liesel