onviction in the principle of karma requires that you make a commitment not to hedge your bets. You’re going to depend totally on the skillfulness of your own intentions to whatever extent you can develop that skillfulness. That’s the principle to which you have to devote yourself.
As for other principles or lack of principles, let them go. Sometimes this feels a little scary. You’re so used to hedging your bets so that at least you’re popular, at least you’ve got connections, so that if the principle of karma doesn’t work out you’ve got something else to fall back on. But to be really committed to the principle of karma, to get the best results from it, you have to be committed.
And to be really committed requires repeated acts of commitment. This is why in the Forest tradition so much emphasis is placed on the virtue of courage. Not foolhardiness, but courage. It takes a certain amount of courage to keep the mind centered and still, because otherwise we’re always trying to plan ahead, second guess things, anticipate things. But for the mind to have really strong powers of concentration you basically have to tell yourself, “I don’t care. I’m going to focus on doing what needs to be done right now and I’m not going to try to provide for alternative things to fall back on.” In other words, when the time comes to be focused and concentrated, that’s all you do. Give yourself to it totally. Have a sense of conviction, a sense of confidence in the practice, and don’t try to second guess things. When the concentration has developed to a proper level, it’ll start showing its results on its own."
~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Generating Power" (Meditations2)
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14 YR 36 KG GIVEN PMAPO
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B BMO2 BTO2
C IV IO TK BLDS UIBLS 15-2-5
CARDC poVT
DC2RC DC2RC
DAAmC2RC DC2RC SISOL MCNABP
DAAmC2RC DC2RC ISOLCR IPRCP PERF RHYTHM =ORG ELEC ACTY
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REVISE 4HT - HKAL ACIDOSIS DYSELEC-CHECK UE Ca K Mg
D2-4J/KG ADR 10 MCG/KG AMIO 5MG/KG PUSH OVER 3 MINS APPROX
CONSIDER SBC IF 2 CYCLES DONE
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SSS AOM LLF10 5RB SOLP10 CPR 15-2-5
PMAPO -APLS
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