some ponderings on effects vs goals
Some of us design our lives after our hopes of getting into Heaven: laying up karmic points, being Good, keeping score, looking for eventual reward and salvation as the future pay-off. Life then is more about getting paid back for suffering losses and deprivations in life--as if seeing pain, injustice and frustration as an investment makes sense of the hardness of life, and makes it other than futile. Investing in a future Heavenly reward is a positive thing if it comforts in hardship, but not... Sign in to see full entry.