Karma and the Conservation of Energy

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Uh, does Karma concern itself with financial debt?  If so, I'm totally fucked.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>Sent: Mar 4, 2009 9:42 AM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Karma and the Conservation of Energy
>
>On Mar 4, 2009, at 6:28 AM, David Morris wrote:
>> Karma is essentially the spiritual equivalent of the Law of
>> Conservation of Energy, which is probably why Pynchon is so attracted
>> to it.
>
>Eggs-acktley. While issues of justice [mostly deferred] saturate  
>Pynchon's first three novels, karma [mostly realized and made  
>physically manifest] moves the plots forward in the latter three.
>
>On Mar 4, 2009, at 6:28 AM, David Morris wrote:
>
>> As Karmic adjusters, DL & Takeshi should be receiving compensation
>> from the living, although it’s never indicated how or if this in done.
>> And as Karmic adjusters, they are essentially psychopomps.
>
>. . . living off the pennies on the eyes of their passengers on the  
>river Styx?
>
>Do Thanatoids have jobs, income, "lives"?
>
>