The Legal System Is about Law, Karma Is about Justice
"The abuse. It went on for four years. I want justice." That is the common and tearful opening of a tarot session. The victim of the abuse had put her hope in the legal system. I usually have a hunch she was going to be disappointed. The US legal system, among the best in the world, is not about justice. It's about the law. The law can be interpreted in myriad ways. Also it provides ways to circumvent what would have been perceived by many to have been a "just" ruling. Of course, I do not discourage taking legal action. That is, unless it goes well beyond the victim's ability to take on that expense. However, I point out how a legal system operates. In addition, I introduce our belief in karma as the ultimate judge and jury. Over and over again I have witnessed abusers being taken down in life by severe illness. Frequently it lodges in the stomach. There could be a reversal of fortune in earning power. The next abuse victim could murder them. They could ...