Hi bodom,

Thank you for your comment.
I think that you are very wise.
I only recently came to this accept this as truth myself.

With Metta,
Alex

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Retro, Thank you for the lengthy quote. I'm not exactly sure what point you were making. Would it be possible to clarify? My objective is limited to that of proving the inviolability of karma. Please note that neuro-science has made huge advances since 1962. I believe that a hard-science like neuro-...

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