Lovely evening. all;

I was pondering karma this evening and got to wondering what Monroe and Bruce had to say about it. I've only just ordered a couple of Bruce's books and the topic is consuming me as of late. If I recall, Monroe doesn't seem to really touch upon it, kind of odd after 40 years or so of exploring. I guess I see him and Bruce as two men claiming they've visited the New World, and I'm really interested in what they've learned about this age old bugaboo.

Thanks for your input!

-Chuck-

Alysia summed it up pretty well but I'll just give my thoughts..

For me the law of cause and effect is another term of Karma. I don't buy into the eye for an eye and the popular misconception of karma as a cosmic way of punishing 'bad deeds'. That's coming from a perspective of judgement. Karma means balance in my opinion. 'Like attracts like' is also another popular term used in spiritual circles. If you think of it in the way that if you hurt someone you'll be hurt back, this is not necessarily a punishment and can be still reconciled with the belief that we are here just to 'experience'. If you send negative energy to someone you'll receive it in return and then you experience what it is like on the other side of the equation.

I've gone over in my mind before the question of consciousness and the purpose of life. As in are 'we're here to learn' or simply to experience.?

I think they cancel eachother out as you can't help but learn without experience and you can't not experience without learning. Depends on your definition of the terms. So many squabbles over semantics 

P.S. I've only just received the Afterlife Knowledge Guidebook from Bruce recently, I'm not sure what he has to say about the subject. I wonder will he pop in to this thread to share his knowledge.