Astar Of David
9th June 2010, 22:14
First off let me state for all the negative thinkers this is not about removing the economy and living in the bush. This is simply a new way of looking at what your buying and or selling.
To explain the problem with money we need to give an example.
Imagine that you work for a man who pays you a pay check every month. You take that money home to your family and buy food and share the food with the family. Everything's great in thereory. You know you earn honest money for your job it is a good deed.
But wait, what if your boss pays you with money he earns killing dolphins in cruel ways? Or if he earned his money by dumping toxic waste in the ocean. Or destroying rain forests.
Thus we can say the money your boss earns carries a negative Karma. You might as well doom your family. Why? Because by excepting this "hurt" money and by working for a boss that does these things is like supporting his cause.
And thus any negative Karma earned hurting earth flows along with the money that he pays you.
That is why I believe in Barter Trade. You can witness what deeds are done to earn the trade. Unlike with money you never know what deed was done to earn it.
Lets say I need a well dug in my yard. Well I don't have the equipment to dig such a deep hole. But I know someone who does. And he needs a new stereo his old one failed. I offer him if you dig my well I'll give you a new stereo. So I go to the Stereo shop and trade a years supply of rice. (assuming the stereo is made of environmentally friendly parts in an environmentally safe shop) In the case above you know the value of all trades were done with positive Karma.
Lets go even deeper.
Even buying fruits and vegetables that have traveled via truck (truck exhaust)
Or fruits and vegetables that have pesticides used while growing. (non-organic) (toxic chemical industry)
All earns you negative Karma.
Why? Because when you buy these products you support hurting the earth.
Another place to earn negative Karma is buying products with lots of waste packaging or plastic containers or plastic bags .Or by not recycling or littering these all go against earth so earth will go against you.
Another example of earning negative Karma killing plants.
I'll use this example just to show how small it can be. I recently uprooted my lawn to put a garden in. I gained negative Karma for killing the grass. To avoid this Karma, explain ones intentions as you start tearing the grass up. And express that you feel sorry for hurting the earth but in return you will plant a garden. Some people might think that's too much effort to think of all the details that follow these concepts. But in reality it's not that hard to understand. The concept is to realize life around you has the right to exists from humans to animals to plants to fish to the birds & bees.
Ask permission to harm Earth give your reasons, so long as they are valid reasons or gives more in return (like a garden vrs grass gives more in return) then you will not earn the negative Karma.
And lastly if you haven't thought of this one yet tobacco smokers earn negative Karma every time they buy a pack and every time they light up. Because they are supporting pesticides that are used on the tobacco crops, they are supporting a shipping industry, they are supporting the government, they are supporting poisons like cyanide, and are also polluting the air with the man chemicals in the smokes. Stop buying government made tobacco as it supports this entire industry of Earth harming products. I am not attacking Government just pointing out their ways. In hopes that the government might want to clean up it's act if they see the reasons.
You should all be able to see some easy ways to earn positive Karma.
If you want to shed some of your earned Negative Karma:
Support locally grown. Support Organic. Grow your own. Recycle. Re-use. Re-use bags. Bring your own bags when shopping. Clean up the neighborhood. Plant a Tree. Help others. Give. Share. Love. These things all lead to eternal life.
Otherwise you support the chemical industry you are dooming the planet, and thus in return your dooming your own life and inviting pain,suffering and even death into your life.
"Wouldn't it be nice if we could see the type of "Karma" on our currency?"
Take Care.
*the main reason I used a stereo as an example is to show the negatives that there is still a type of economy so long as it's done in non-harmful ways.* We CAN work this out.
To explain the problem with money we need to give an example.
Imagine that you work for a man who pays you a pay check every month. You take that money home to your family and buy food and share the food with the family. Everything's great in thereory. You know you earn honest money for your job it is a good deed.
But wait, what if your boss pays you with money he earns killing dolphins in cruel ways? Or if he earned his money by dumping toxic waste in the ocean. Or destroying rain forests.
Thus we can say the money your boss earns carries a negative Karma. You might as well doom your family. Why? Because by excepting this "hurt" money and by working for a boss that does these things is like supporting his cause.
And thus any negative Karma earned hurting earth flows along with the money that he pays you.
That is why I believe in Barter Trade. You can witness what deeds are done to earn the trade. Unlike with money you never know what deed was done to earn it.
Lets say I need a well dug in my yard. Well I don't have the equipment to dig such a deep hole. But I know someone who does. And he needs a new stereo his old one failed. I offer him if you dig my well I'll give you a new stereo. So I go to the Stereo shop and trade a years supply of rice. (assuming the stereo is made of environmentally friendly parts in an environmentally safe shop) In the case above you know the value of all trades were done with positive Karma.
Lets go even deeper.
Even buying fruits and vegetables that have traveled via truck (truck exhaust)
Or fruits and vegetables that have pesticides used while growing. (non-organic) (toxic chemical industry)
All earns you negative Karma.
Why? Because when you buy these products you support hurting the earth.
Another place to earn negative Karma is buying products with lots of waste packaging or plastic containers or plastic bags .Or by not recycling or littering these all go against earth so earth will go against you.
Another example of earning negative Karma killing plants.
I'll use this example just to show how small it can be. I recently uprooted my lawn to put a garden in. I gained negative Karma for killing the grass. To avoid this Karma, explain ones intentions as you start tearing the grass up. And express that you feel sorry for hurting the earth but in return you will plant a garden. Some people might think that's too much effort to think of all the details that follow these concepts. But in reality it's not that hard to understand. The concept is to realize life around you has the right to exists from humans to animals to plants to fish to the birds & bees.
Ask permission to harm Earth give your reasons, so long as they are valid reasons or gives more in return (like a garden vrs grass gives more in return) then you will not earn the negative Karma.
And lastly if you haven't thought of this one yet tobacco smokers earn negative Karma every time they buy a pack and every time they light up. Because they are supporting pesticides that are used on the tobacco crops, they are supporting a shipping industry, they are supporting the government, they are supporting poisons like cyanide, and are also polluting the air with the man chemicals in the smokes. Stop buying government made tobacco as it supports this entire industry of Earth harming products. I am not attacking Government just pointing out their ways. In hopes that the government might want to clean up it's act if they see the reasons.
You should all be able to see some easy ways to earn positive Karma.
If you want to shed some of your earned Negative Karma:
Support locally grown. Support Organic. Grow your own. Recycle. Re-use. Re-use bags. Bring your own bags when shopping. Clean up the neighborhood. Plant a Tree. Help others. Give. Share. Love. These things all lead to eternal life.
Otherwise you support the chemical industry you are dooming the planet, and thus in return your dooming your own life and inviting pain,suffering and even death into your life.
"Wouldn't it be nice if we could see the type of "Karma" on our currency?"
Take Care.
*the main reason I used a stereo as an example is to show the negatives that there is still a type of economy so long as it's done in non-harmful ways.* We CAN work this out.