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The Science of Karma
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Even then it travels a great distance to the ocean. Humans on
the other hand, have ego and so they bind karma. If a lawyer
wins a lawsuit he will say, “I won the lawsuit.” Claiming doership
is the ego, and this binds karma; the ego creates a cause. In
return, the fruit of this cause will come as an effect.
The Mystery Of Cause And Effect
Do you understand effect now? That which is happening
is effect. When you submitted your examination paper (past
life), it was the cause. You do not have to worry about the
effect, the result, which is inevitable once the exam is given. The
result is the effect. The whole world is preoccupied with the
effect, and strives to change it, when really it should be concerned
about the cause.
Do you understand this science? Science is based on
principles. It is irrefutable. If you were to earn two million in
your business, would that be a cause or an effect?
Questioner: It is a cause.
Dadashri: Explain to me how it can be a cause. Does
it happen according to your will?
Questioner: When you do business, whatever is going
to happen will happen. That would be effect. But one has to
create the causes in order to do the business, doesn’t he? Only
then will he be able to do the business, right?
Dadashri: No. Cause means nothing of the outside world
is necessary. You can only do the business if your health is
good; you have a sound mind and you have the necessary
capital. That which is dependent upon all these things is an
effect. But when a man stays up worrying at night, he is creating
a cause; there is nothing else necessary in that. Causes are
independent.
Questioner: Is the business we conduct an effect, then?