@dholmes I really don't like the word "ultimate," but I think we are stuck with it. Or at least I am, because all my theological and philosophical fr...

Thank you for such a rich response in all three areas. This is the first time I've considered "karma" that larger context. It is indeed a judge of s...

First of all, thank you so much for responding! That's the most important thing I have to say. On, then, to less important things: What prompted m...

I think it does. I think we really understand ourselves only when we imagine our lives in the larger context of an inclusive love in which the give a...