I see Karma as a balancing system. If a pendulum is pulled in one direction, when you let go it will swing to the opposite direction setting in motion a pattern that must play out until equilibrium is once again met. The fulcrum point from which the pendulum is suspended is the source of one's being.
My personal metaphysical belief is that, just as the planets have their orbits, we have our own paths. We, however, are subject to the veil of forgetting and are subject to free will. To me sin is the equivalent of straying from one's true path, the pendulum is drawn in one direction and then when when it's let go (at death for example) the pattern of Karma is set in motion and must be played out over subsequent lifestyles. One can work in life to slow or stop this momentum, or one can pull it in yet other directions, further increasing the eccentricity of it's orbit.
The hell experience is a form of purification. The things you do in life can weigh on you, stain your consciousness, and that must be worked off. In the terms of the Ra material, when asked about Hitler or Aleister Crowley Ra states that they are "undergoing healing in the inner planes." This is a more pleasant (and accurate, hell is a very loaded term) way of saying "they are undergoing the hell experience." It's not a punishment, it's centered on the desire to return to equilibrium as directed by the true nature of self which is the fulcrum of the pendulum.
My two cents.
My personal metaphysical belief is that, just as the planets have their orbits, we have our own paths. We, however, are subject to the veil of forgetting and are subject to free will. To me sin is the equivalent of straying from one's true path, the pendulum is drawn in one direction and then when when it's let go (at death for example) the pattern of Karma is set in motion and must be played out over subsequent lifestyles. One can work in life to slow or stop this momentum, or one can pull it in yet other directions, further increasing the eccentricity of it's orbit.
The hell experience is a form of purification. The things you do in life can weigh on you, stain your consciousness, and that must be worked off. In the terms of the Ra material, when asked about Hitler or Aleister Crowley Ra states that they are "undergoing healing in the inner planes." This is a more pleasant (and accurate, hell is a very loaded term) way of saying "they are undergoing the hell experience." It's not a punishment, it's centered on the desire to return to equilibrium as directed by the true nature of self which is the fulcrum of the pendulum.
My two cents.
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