consequence or punishment?
Today while in the gym, I caught a few minutes of Larry King Live, a program on CNN which I rarely watch. During a station break, tomorrow's show was previewed, which will feature Jenny McCarthy, former model, actress and MTV host. She will be interviewed on the program on World Autism Day, because her 4-year old son has Autism and she is currently trying to make her voice heard in a medical controversy over vaccinations for the disease. I am rarely compelled by "entertainment news" but this story caught my attention as relevant to an ongoing theme in my life surrounding "consequences" of a person's actions, otherwise known as Karma.
Fellow Scorpio Jenny McCarthy started her career as a runway model, but quickly became involved in the pornography industry, most famous for posing in Playboy Magazine. She continued to live a lifestyle of glamorous promiscuity as a host on MTV's Singled Out, a trendy "dating" show and in her heyday was the fantasy of nearly every man with a pulse on the planet. Such a beautiful woman with such amazing accomplishments, she could get any man she wanted - what a wonderful life - or was it? She did eventually get married and have a son, but he was born with Autism, and she recently got a divorce after 6 years, still struggling with this unfair punishment in her life - so devastating for such a wonderful woman. You've heard it said, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Yes people are intrinsically good, but we were born with "free will" which allows us to choose our own adventures.
The other night at a dance club, I got into a conversation with a young woman in her 20's about the negativity she projects wherever she goes. The conversation started when she bluntly exclaimed "I hate people!" In my generally kind-hearted uninhibited optimism, I blurted, "Wait a minute, do you realize what you just said? You hate PEOPLE? Aren't YOU a PEOPLE? What about all your friends, and the people in this room?" She started rattling off the types of people in particular she "hated", and it boiled down to the people who did her wrong, or had wrong attitudes, perhaps projected even inadvertently. I said "so you hate the haters, people that hurt you, or people that spread lies about you?" The bartender chimed in "unless they're true" (which seemed to suggest a closed-minded attitude negating multiple perspectives, though possibly a Karma issue for HIM). I told her she should be cautious of making those kinds of statements because the negative energy you put out there will come back to you in SOME form, like affecting her health, or something happening to her car. She immediately retorted "my car got impounded, so I don't have to worry about that!" She explained that it got impounded due to a series of unpaid parking tickets! I could not believe what I was hearing, and I don't believe that she was hearing my point. She is lucky it was JUST her car, but what's next for her life? Negative breeds negative, and spreads like poison - what kind of lifestyle will you choose for yourself?
The Golden Rule in life is to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". The laws of Karma basically echo the same, the attitudes, actions, and energy you put out there will "come back to you" in some form. I can also speak from personal experience as the consequences (or punishment) of my own actions. My car has been vandalized and broken into several times over the years, as well as other mechanical car failures, and I have been involved in accidents (both to my body and my car). I often affectionately call it "bad karma car", but the car is just an inanimate object indirectly taking the beating for my poor choices, negative attitude, and immoral behaviors, thus the need arises to repeatedly deal with it as my "punishment". Fortunately the car still runs and can be fixed every time, symbolizing to me that once we realize there are consequences for our actions, we can also "fix" our lives and adjust our perspectives AND our actions.
Like Jenny McCarthy, my sexual sins (however glamorous in my previous "Brazilian dancer" lifestyle) resulted in a form of physical punishment, to my own body rather than the bodies of my offspring (as I currently have none). Through a tumultuous process last summer which required serious prayer and meditation as well as taking a particular herb from the Amazon Rainforest, God ultimately healed my body of a pre-cancerous condition on my cervix, caused by an STD known as HPV. According to the doctors, my rapid healing was highly uncommon, as I had the disease for several years and had to have it treated in the past because of the way it spread. So a lot of people wonder why I go to church, and the simple reason is that I have God to thank - without Him I might have cancer, or be dead. His Grace is available to even those who have lived a life of promiscuity, He can reverse the curse you have brought upon yourself. Its totally up to you as an individual whether you accept this free gift, or if you want to keep living your life projecting negativity, acting immorally, or treating people with disrespect. Your "punishment" may be more or less extreme than mine, Jenny's, or the 20-something in the bar, but there WILL be consequences for your actions. If not in your life directly, the "sins of the fathers" will be carried onto their sons.
Fellow Scorpio Jenny McCarthy started her career as a runway model, but quickly became involved in the pornography industry, most famous for posing in Playboy Magazine. She continued to live a lifestyle of glamorous promiscuity as a host on MTV's Singled Out, a trendy "dating" show and in her heyday was the fantasy of nearly every man with a pulse on the planet. Such a beautiful woman with such amazing accomplishments, she could get any man she wanted - what a wonderful life - or was it? She did eventually get married and have a son, but he was born with Autism, and she recently got a divorce after 6 years, still struggling with this unfair punishment in her life - so devastating for such a wonderful woman. You've heard it said, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Yes people are intrinsically good, but we were born with "free will" which allows us to choose our own adventures.
The other night at a dance club, I got into a conversation with a young woman in her 20's about the negativity she projects wherever she goes. The conversation started when she bluntly exclaimed "I hate people!" In my generally kind-hearted uninhibited optimism, I blurted, "Wait a minute, do you realize what you just said? You hate PEOPLE? Aren't YOU a PEOPLE? What about all your friends, and the people in this room?" She started rattling off the types of people in particular she "hated", and it boiled down to the people who did her wrong, or had wrong attitudes, perhaps projected even inadvertently. I said "so you hate the haters, people that hurt you, or people that spread lies about you?" The bartender chimed in "unless they're true" (which seemed to suggest a closed-minded attitude negating multiple perspectives, though possibly a Karma issue for HIM). I told her she should be cautious of making those kinds of statements because the negative energy you put out there will come back to you in SOME form, like affecting her health, or something happening to her car. She immediately retorted "my car got impounded, so I don't have to worry about that!" She explained that it got impounded due to a series of unpaid parking tickets! I could not believe what I was hearing, and I don't believe that she was hearing my point. She is lucky it was JUST her car, but what's next for her life? Negative breeds negative, and spreads like poison - what kind of lifestyle will you choose for yourself?
The Golden Rule in life is to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". The laws of Karma basically echo the same, the attitudes, actions, and energy you put out there will "come back to you" in some form. I can also speak from personal experience as the consequences (or punishment) of my own actions. My car has been vandalized and broken into several times over the years, as well as other mechanical car failures, and I have been involved in accidents (both to my body and my car). I often affectionately call it "bad karma car", but the car is just an inanimate object indirectly taking the beating for my poor choices, negative attitude, and immoral behaviors, thus the need arises to repeatedly deal with it as my "punishment". Fortunately the car still runs and can be fixed every time, symbolizing to me that once we realize there are consequences for our actions, we can also "fix" our lives and adjust our perspectives AND our actions.
Like Jenny McCarthy, my sexual sins (however glamorous in my previous "Brazilian dancer" lifestyle) resulted in a form of physical punishment, to my own body rather than the bodies of my offspring (as I currently have none). Through a tumultuous process last summer which required serious prayer and meditation as well as taking a particular herb from the Amazon Rainforest, God ultimately healed my body of a pre-cancerous condition on my cervix, caused by an STD known as HPV. According to the doctors, my rapid healing was highly uncommon, as I had the disease for several years and had to have it treated in the past because of the way it spread. So a lot of people wonder why I go to church, and the simple reason is that I have God to thank - without Him I might have cancer, or be dead. His Grace is available to even those who have lived a life of promiscuity, He can reverse the curse you have brought upon yourself. Its totally up to you as an individual whether you accept this free gift, or if you want to keep living your life projecting negativity, acting immorally, or treating people with disrespect. Your "punishment" may be more or less extreme than mine, Jenny's, or the 20-something in the bar, but there WILL be consequences for your actions. If not in your life directly, the "sins of the fathers" will be carried onto their sons.
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