VLVL(7) - I am he as you are he as you are me...

[David Morris]

Before Frenesi commits the Judas-act on Weed, she's worried about her 
future mental state and who she'll "talk it over with."  After she realizes 
she's taken an "irreversible step to the side of her life."(237.26)  She 
has side-tracked her Being, chosen a path separate from Kharma, and thus 
she must live apart from "Life."

Kharma is essentially the "Golden Rule."  "Do unto others as you would have 
them do unto you."  "Life," above,  means identity/sympathy with other's 
lives.  In this framework, the "Life" Frenesi has taken a step away from is 
the "connectedness" with this earth, all its vulnerable beings and everyday 
personal interactions.  This separation can be characterized in the 
equation: "You are not I, I am not You"

Bear with me...

Just after this we are given a troubling passage:
"(239.19) [...] the Nixonian Reaction continued to penetrate and compromise 
what may only in some fading memories ever have been a people's miracle, an 
army of loving friends [...]"

This sentence simultaneously romanticizes the "army of loving friends" and 
questions whether it ever existed beyond "some fading memories."  The 
sentence then continues: "[...] as betrayal became commonplace [...] [in 
the face of]  money from the CIA, FBI, and others circulating 
everywhere[...]"  Then comes one of Pynchon's shortest sentences ever: 
  "These people knew their children after all, perfectly."

So... Did the "army of loving friends" ever exist?  Or were "We" always 
really, deep down,  just "They?"  Another equation arises: "We are They, 
They are We"

Combine the equation/lessons and you find wisdom (and a warning) in this 
Kharma-thing:
"He is I, They are We"