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Essays on Discover the Power Within You
The Law of Cause and Effect
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What if there were a universe created without law?
Each event would be random, there would be no value or opportunity to
learn, since each event would be unique and unpredictable.
There would be no evolution of individuals, no evolution of the universe
as a whole.
This is the Hell that many people live in today. They believe that life
is arbitrary and capricious, that the best philosophy is to just keep your
head low.
But this universe is formed according to law. Law means "rule of action".
We should stop and think about what the existence of spiritual or universal
law implies.
First of all, law is principle. It means each event that occurs may
be observed according to the principles that operate to bring it about.
As reasoning beings, we are able to abstract from similar specific incidents,
and infer a general principle.
Second, law is universal. It does not operate in only part of our lives,
or inconsistantly. Constant law operates in every situation, in every place
within the created universe, at each level of mind.
Third, law is knowable. The law is more than the words we use to describe
it, but we can understand it by its operation in our life. We can create
a mental model of the principle and how it works, and use this model to
predict the consequences of any proposed decision.
Fourth, law is useable. We can act according to our under- standing
of the law, and apply the principle in any given situation. We have the
ability to place the law into motion, through idea, emotion, and physical
action.
We use the law of cause and effect by creating a desire, following through
with thought, word, and deed, and then experiencing the consequence.
Karma is the law of freedom. Through experiencing the results of our
own understandings, there are no shortcuts, no one is favored, and we can't
kid ourselves about what we really know.
If you want love, give unconditional love. If you want to receive the
truth, then give the truth.
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