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|data8 = [[:Category:Karma Style|Karma Style]], | |data8 = [[:Category:Karma Style|Karma Style]], 59 minutes | ||
|data4 = 5/14/[[2000]] | |data4 = 5/14/[[:Category:2000|2000]] | ||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/karma | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/karma-4) Karma (Part 4)][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Karma%20(Part%204)] | ||
|data6 = Joe Frank, [[Larry Block]], [[Zak Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]] | |data6 = Joe Frank, [[Larry Block]], [[Zak Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]] | ||
|data10 = [[Karma (Part 3)]] | |data10 = [[Karma (Part 3)]] | ||
|data11 = [[Karma (Part 5)]] | |data11 = [[Karma (Part 5)]] | ||
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''You remember I told you about Marlene Drucker?'' | ''You remember I told you about Marlene Drucker?'' | ||
'''Karma (Part 4)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on May 14, [[2000]]. | '''Karma (Part 4)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on May 14, [[:Category:2000|2000]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Joe recalls the session at therapist Marlene Drucker. Drucker had | |||
recommended that they forget their past, focus on their future. Joe | |||
wonders how one can do that. Joe dismisses her recommendations as | |||
new-age cant. | |||
4:20: Within a week Kate attacks Joe with her fists, thus killing | |||
their imaginary baby. | |||
5:00: Drucker recommends that they do a nice thing for each other | |||
every day. Joe argues that feelings come from the inside, not the | |||
outside. | |||
7:20: Jack Kornfield tells of the gods in the heavens testing a new | |||
king with a reputation for righteousness. One of them turns into a | |||
hawk and a dove. The dove lands on the king, asks for his protection. | |||
The hawk wants to eat the dove. The king offers his own flesh | |||
instead, proving his righteousness. | |||
11:50: Kornfield talks about the value of virtue. | |||
13:00: Larry Block tells of the woman moving into a nearby apartment. | |||
She's an attractive older woman from California, an actress. They | |||
hang, ride bikes around town, eventually have an affair. Larry talks | |||
to a friend about the friend's affair, mentions his; his daughter Zoe | |||
overhears it, tells Jolly, who decides Larry has to move out. Larry | |||
has a job in California. The time away cools out their anger; they | |||
allow Larry back into the home. Larry and Jolly move into the alcove | |||
in the living room (just big enough for a bed and a few little | |||
dressers), Zach into the master bedroom. | |||
25:40: Zach tells about moving into the master bedroom. | |||
27:20: Joe talks about the silliness of people who think they can | |||
change their reality merely by changing their thoughts. He tells of | |||
the weekend lectures Kate attends at the <i>[https://bodhitree.com Bodhi Tree]</i>,<ref>a | |||
new-age bookstore on the 3rd-street Promenade in Santa Monica, closed at the moment</ref> the | |||
ridiculousness of it. | |||
29:10: Kate and her friend Mary meet almost every day talking up | |||
unlikely business ideas. Joe says LA is full of such silly people. | |||
31:10: 'I also know a woman who's a chanter - you know, 'nam myoho | |||
renge kyo' - and what does she chant for? Money - success in her | |||
foundering career as an actress'<ref>sounds like Debi Mae West</ref> | |||
31:50: Kornfield cites the Buddha on how to admonish another, the | |||
importance of choosing our words carefully. | |||
33:40: Kornfield tells us the Buddha grew up with everything, that we | |||
all have enough to be happy, that stuff doesn't make us happy. Then | |||
he tells the story of Buddha leaving all his stuff behind. Kornfield | |||
warns us against attachment. | |||
39:30: Larry tells of tripping, being up all night, hearing radio evangelist | |||
[http://www.EricButterworth.com Eric Butterworth] preaching changing your life by | |||
changing your thoughts. | |||
43:20: Joe tells of the last time he saw Kate, takes her to a fancy | |||
restaurant. She insults a Korean couple. Kate tells Joe that his | |||
shows suck, none of her friends listen. Despite this they make out on | |||
her front door, but Joe has to go back to work. Kate insists he come | |||
back afterwards. She wants to make love, but Joe can't. They drive | |||
to Mt Wilson the next day. When they get back she wants to make love | |||
again, which Joe can't, which maddens her. She jumps on him and | |||
punches him. He finally gets away, but she blocks his car. After 2 | |||
more hours at Kate's she lets him go. | |||
51:50: Joe addresses Drucker ironically, thanks her for solving all | |||
the problems in their relationship. | |||
54:40: Kornfield remembers a woman who had a relationship that ended | |||
badly. She told the master at a Zen retreat about it; he was | |||
sympathetic. At a retreat a year later she's still unhappy about it. | |||
The master slaps her, tells her to let it go. Kornfield warns us | |||
against attachment. | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | |||
*Joe: back at the psychiatrist; Kate wants to see Joe torn to pieces; carrying the past with us. New age teaching that the past is irrelevant. More on the relationship as a baby. A list of nice things to do every day. Smiling while unhappy. | *Joe: back at the psychiatrist; Kate wants to see Joe torn to pieces; carrying the past with us. New age teaching that the past is irrelevant. More on the relationship as a baby. A list of nice things to do every day. Smiling while unhappy. | ||
*[[Jack Kornfield]]: gods disguised as a dove and a hawk test a wise king. | *[[Jack Kornfield]]: gods disguised as a dove and a hawk test a wise king. | ||
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*Joe: Joe asks the audience why they're listening. He joins Kate for dinner while exhausted, she picks on a Korean couple. He visits her house later. They drive to Mt. Wilson. They argue about sex. Kate attacks Joe. | *Joe: Joe asks the audience why they're listening. He joins Kate for dinner while exhausted, she picks on a Korean couple. He visits her house later. They drive to Mt. Wilson. They argue about sex. Kate attacks Joe. | ||
*Kornfield: a teacher slaps a student who is hung up on a past relationship. | *Kornfield: a teacher slaps a student who is hung up on a past relationship. | ||
</div></div> | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Rearrange (Cinematic Orchestra)}} [Intro] | |||
{{Spacebeach (Arling & Cameron)}} [12:36] | |||
{{Brazil (Antonio Carlos Jobim)}} [53:58] | |||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
Santa Monica's 3<sup>rd</sup> Street Promenade is a well-known | |||
shopping district. The street is closed to automobiles. Joe mentions | |||
it in [[Clement At Christmas]]; the Laemmle's 4-plex movie theatre Joe | |||
mentions in [[Lover Man]] is on it. The <i>Bodhi Tree</i> hosted lots | |||
of new-agey events. (I never went in: I'm insufficiently hip. [[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 22:07, 17 December 2021 (EST)) | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Karma_Style]] | [[Category:Karma_Style]] | ||
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[[Category:2000]] | [[Category:2000]] | ||
[[Category:Show]] | [[Category:Show]] | ||
[[Category:Show_by_date|20000514]] | [[Category:The Other Side]] [[Category:Show_by_date|20000514]] {{Airdate|airdate=2000-05-14}} | ||
{{Series|series=The Other Side}}{{Cast|cast=[[Larry Block]], [[Zak Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank}} |