Forgetting

It is reasonable to ask why karma and reincarnation have been forgotten in so many cultures.
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Particularly when those cultures for many centuries followed religions which taught karma and reincarnation.
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Even today more than half the planet believe in karma and reincarnation.
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This is changing though as cultures change
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As religions change their teachings, yes this often happens when the religion in question sees advantage or the necessity to change.
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The Christian religion for example anathematized reincarnation at the second council of Constantinople in 553 AD.
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Karma and reincarnation until that time were an integral part of Christian belief and teaching.
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In this case they were dropped for power and control reasons, the priests at the time seeing great profit from the removal of a teaching that diminished their own power and control.
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In other cultures karma and reincarnation are still in the religious teachings of the prevalent religions.
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However rather like modern Christian behaviour are honoured in theory but not so much in practice.
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Why?
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Because the shiny attraction of materialism is more immediately seductive.
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More and more parts of the world are embracing crude materialism.
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Living for the momentary gratification of this instant now.
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Wanting ever more things.
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Then even more things.
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Being endlessly seduced by advertising.
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Public relations campaigns designed to make people feel insecure if they do not own the latest must have object.
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Then along came meltdown
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Lo we arrive at the more interesting time where we have huge global financial problems.
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Where many millions have no jobs
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Many millions have no food 
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Many millions want change
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In this situation it is finally beginning to dawn on people that possibly unbridled consumption, unthinking lives of selfish pursuits after material objects might not be the best way to live.
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Maybe, probably, certainly they did not want to arrive at this point.
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But when people have no jobs, no future, their lives naturally come under examination.
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Material objects are examined.
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Many to be found unnecessary.
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Found to be unsustainable, too expensive.
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Dropped, let go.
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People search for more enduring objects, ones that last.
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At the same time they begin to look at their lives and many find them wanting.
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Wanting in terms of realising that their prize objects were not making them happy.
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And the more people examine materialism the more they find it wanting.
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Empty
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Unsatisfying
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And so?
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Well around about now some begin to wonder about the direction and purpose of their lives.
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Guess what?
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Up pop questions about the purpose of life.
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Because in ever direr more insecure times we do actually stop to ask what are we doing.
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Why are we here?
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What is my life about?
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Do we really have only one life....does that make sense.......why?
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Is there really just a big black hole at the end of life.............finita la musica............is that it?
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Did we really live this life for no purpose other than to buy a bigger car?
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And if you believe in a God then can she really have designed things this stupidly?
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And how can all these competing Gods all be the truth...............something must be wrong...........
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Because they are all claiming to be the one truth and they cannot all be right.
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Something is wrong somewhere
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Really?
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So if God or whatever set this place in motion.
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Then why?
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For what purpose?
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And what is my role in this?
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Or could it be that there really is karma and reincarnation?
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Once examined it is found to be the only belief that answers all the questions about why this planet is as it is.
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Of course it is up to each and every one of us to decide for ourselves.
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And that is reasonable that we should have individual freedom to decide for ourselves.
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To be responsible ourselves for what we do.
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For what happens to us.
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For we are living in amazing times where we will live to see the current financial model fall apart.
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Endless growth as a model was never viable over time.
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And we have reached that time where it is falling apart.
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A new model based on fairer more intelligent ideas will take its place.
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A model that sees us as a part of nature.
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Not in competition with nature as now.
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Will see us protecting nature, serving nature.
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Not destroying her for short term profit.
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And yes this will come to pass.
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There is a choice fro us though it can come in gently or violently.
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We, you and I will help to determine which it is to be.
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This means that your life, this one now has a very clear purpose.
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To be the best you can.
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To support those things you believe in.
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No more theory.
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We are living in these changes.
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And what are you doing with your life?
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Choices you make can have an influence on what happens.