CHAPTER 6: CAUSE AND EFFECT, AND THE UNIVERSE’S JUSTICE

The seed

A farmer sowed seeds in the field. The next day he became furious because he could not see any shoots. So he dug up the soil to check-and the seeds died.

A Zen master said:

Human beings are the same. We plant causes but demand results immediately, and so we kill our own growth with our own hands.

The law of cause and effect is not in a hurry. It is patient like the earth-waiting until the seed and time meet.

Nothing is accidental-only things that are reasonable but beyond our current understanding.

1. Karma - the language of fairness

The law of cause and effect is one of the universe's most universal laws. Science calls it cause-consequence; spirituality calls it "you reap what you sow".

Karma is not punishment; it is the soul's lesson.

Every action, thought, and word creates a form of energy. That energy does not vanish; it returns so that we may learn what we have not yet understood.

A person who makes others suffer will also taste suffering-not to be punished, but to understand.

2. "Bodhisattvas fear the cause; ordinary beings fear the result"

The wise do not fear the outcome; they are careful of the cause. They know every suffering begins with a small seed.

Ordinary beings fear the result-so when pain comes, they complain.

A Bodhisattva is careful of the cause-so the moment they see a wrong thought arise, repentance has already begun.

The awakened view is not to tremble before karmic retribution, but to stay lucid so as not to plant new causes.

For they understand: everything is created by ourselves-and only we can transform it.

3. Nobody makes us suffer except ourselves

When someone insults us, we feel pain. Yet the words are only sound-the suffering is born from attachment.

Karma teaches something simple: every reaction is a choice.

No one can make us suffer unless we allow it.

When we understand karma, resentment fades and observation begins. When we observe, we begin to understand. When we understand, freedom begins.

4. The universe is a perfect mirror

Every event that comes into our life has a reason. It does not come to harm us, but to teach us.

When we change within, the outer circumstances also change.

The universe is always fair-not in a harsh way, but in a perfect way. It gives us exactly the lesson needed for our evolution: no more and no less.

Do not pray for karma to end-pray for enough wisdom to understand it.

Hoàng Nhật Minh
Excerpt from the book: Spiritual Science - A Journey Back To Your True Self

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