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Hang in there. Maybe something good will come out of this period of change. I hope it gets easier soon.

See this as karma burning, and something better is in sight. Just observe and do what's needed. Nothing is permanent. Much love

Yes there is some essence of cause and effect that has contributed to my situation. There are no guarantees for the future.

Sorry, I don't always find the vedic/Buddhist perspective helpful. I don't subscribe to karma in the same manner as others. Shit may be chaos and shit happens on some levels, and there's nothing stimulating things will get "better," which is relative to me as is.

"Better" could simply be a change in your situation, and "burning karma" might mean consciously working through your life's issues.
I do not really subscribe to any particular system, so just translate my message into your own words.
While the future holds no guarantees, working through suffering provides its own benefit. May all be well

Thank you for explaining. Lands a lot better than before.

(hey, I don't believe in "karma burning" either...)
"Better" could also be an internal change. When you sprout a seed, grow the seedling indoors, and then plant it outside, at first it withers and seems as if it will die due to the new conditions. However after some time the situation becomes better. Not because the external situation changes, but because the seedling grows and adapts to the new conditions.

Karma is the fuel of this life; it burns all the time. Everything good and bad we encounter is karma that burns in the fire of time. Facing it all head-on with full awareness protects us from creating further negative causes. Being present in your circumstances is the best solution. Being kind and open is the best attitude.

@northape To understand you, your position and your prose better, is what you stated a fact for you?

I do not believe in facts. I'd say it's a philosophical position at the moment that can change like the wind. Just point out some holes in it, and it's gone.
See it more as a metaphor, if anything. I see karma as a slinky toy: one thing leads to another with no end in sight. Feels like I ventured far from my original intent, sorry.

No worries. I like you and would like to know how to best interact with you which is why I asked.
I look at how things are stated just as much as the content, so perhaps some of this is on me, because I refuse to let that go. There are subtle bits of telling data often in how something is stated along with its content.

There are subtle bits of telling data often in how something is stated along with its content.

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It's true, but it's important to bear in mind that many people here aren't native English speakers. So it can be that one doesn't know well enough the pragmatics of the language to convey in style what one would like to convey. Conveying the right meaning is often hard enough.

I point that out because it happens to me.

I'm aware. Been doing this a while

Yeah, now I've become interested in what you saw in my post. I'm quite simple-minded, and there is no hidden meaning in what I say

It was the prose. How it was stated. It wasn't stated as an interpretation or a paradigm, but as something that is the case, as fact.
I imagined Shiva with a mandalorian helmet on. "This is the way."
And sorry I my end. My mind penetrates everything.

I like to state absolute truth all the time
Take it all with a big chunk of salt
Shiva would never state anything. He would just meditate in silence.
Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya