my karma ran over my dogma
I was in the shower this morning, doing showery things -- singing, soaping, pondering the afterlife -- when I realized that I am a terrible, terrible person.
Let me explain.
My understanding of karma is basically this: you do something. If that something is good, you will be rewarded for it later; if bad, you will be punished accordingly, perhaps by being reincarnated as a slug or something equally disgusting.
Now, while I'm mulling over this karma stuff, I'm also in the process of shampooing. As I try to close the top on the bottle, a huge glob of VO5 flies right into my eye. I recall getting shampoo in my eye before, but this stuff was downright corrosive. I thought my eye was melting! I leapt from the shower and started the excruciating process of rinsing my eye out to try and quell the burning. It still stings three hours later.
What am I supposed to make of this? I think about karma and the afterlife, deconstructing beliefs in my head, and I get an eyeful of shampoo! Talk about an omen! I'm so going to hell.
why you are linking to a product. I find this extremely disturbing and trollish.
“We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.� Gloria Steinem
"Fundamentally the markswoman aims at herself" DT Suzuki
i think it was just intended to add a layer of humorous interactivity to the story.
"if i pass for other than what i am/do you feel safer?" ~lani ka'ahumanu
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"if i pass for other than what i am, do you feel safer?" ~ lani ka'ahumanu
dragon knows dragon
That's awesome, yes you know something's fucked up when...But at "hell" you should have linked Walmart!
***the United States is one of only four out of 168 countries studied to not have some form of paid family leave for new moms. We join Swaziland, Papua New Guinea, and Lesotho in not having that policy in place. ***
"before you learn to fly, learn how to fall" -paul simon
"before you learn to fly, learn how to fall" -paul simon
to hit that VO5 link, and picture all the happy models with bouncy hair aggressively rinsing out their burning, stinging eyes.
Now if a bird poops on your head today, I would really be concerned!
"There ain't no devil, it's just God when he's drunk." - Tom Waits
Actually, "good" karma and "bad" karma are mostly western heaven/hell social constructs veneered onto the Eastern idea that we should spend a lot more time and energy trying to find enlightenment, and all the crap that we do in our lives that isn't aimed at finding enlightenment simply keeps us enmeshed in the unpleasant birth/death/birth cycle.
It was staring you in the eye the whole time.
Namaste
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I'm sorry shug -- I didn't mean to upset you -- mamaneen hit the nail on the head -- I tend to add links just for a giggle -- I'll be extra careful in the future and thank you to everyone that commented -- I'm off to visit your blogs now and very much appreciate how you've made me feel right at home here..
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Kat
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