Thought 171: This world is the greatest automated system

The world is the greatest automated system. The basic principle governing this automation is the cause and effect principle. Cause and effect are not stand-alone systems. If one is present, the other is definitely there. When there is a cause, the effect is surely there – there can never be any effect without a cause. The effect happens automatically when the cause is there.

Every Karma (action) is the cause and every experience that you get in life is the effect of some Karma that you performed earlier. A Karma signifies not only your physical actions, but also your thinking and speaking. All of them produce results for you.

Every Karma produces a result for you - automatically. For instance, when you jump out of the window from the 10th floor of a building (without the aid of technology, of course), you get hurt (which is the effect) – and this is certain to happen every time you jump out of the window. The Karma is the cause and the result (effect) of this Karma is your getting hurt. The effect occurs automatically, when a cause exists.

This is not a rule made by any one here. We may try to understand this rule but can never hope to change or modify it in any way. When a Karma is performed, the fruits of Karma are inevitable and inescapable. Once you perform a Karma, you cannot refuse to receive its result. In fact once a Karma is performed, the result is automatically released – in the same way that a bullet is released as soon as you fire a rifle.

You are experiencing the results of your past Karmas now. Your present Karmas decide what you will get in the future. If you are having good life such as a good job, a lot of money, good spouse, good children, etc, it is the result of good Karmas performed by you earlier. If you want good results in future also, make sure that your present Karmas are also such that produce good results for you. Performing Karmas based on anger, hatred, jealousy, selfishness, arrogance, etc and expecting that you will get good results in future is a fallacy. It never happens.

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