Some people who consider themselves Scientologists simply do not believe in the existence of cause and effect, which is a complete failure to understand that the world is a system of dynamic equilibrium that is widely connected.
Thinking scientists have long said something like the law of cause and effect, such as a few flaps of a butterfly in the Amazon rainforest, which can cause a hurricane in Texas two weeks later.
Some stupid superstitious people have only a superficial understanding of the law of cause and effect: good deeds will be rewarded, bad deeds will be retributed, eating pork will become a pig in the next life, and so on.
So there is a debate on how to define whether it is good or bad: if you save a robber, and the robber is good at killing people and setting fire to do a lot of bad things, is it a good thing or a bad thing to save the robber? In fact, there are many things that cannot be defined as good or bad.
Some people even figured out that since what I eat becomes something, then I can't eat Buddha and become a Buddha in the next life? Therefore, it is not appropriate to interpret cause and effect in this way.
Some people with a bit of thinking power say that cause and effect are created by the heart, and when you step on ants under your feet, you don't know at all, and you won't bear the consequences.
Hence the saying that the law of cause and effect specifically punishes good people. Good people feel guilty for doing bad things, so they suffer and torture in their hearts. Not only do bad people not feel guilty about doing bad things, but they may also be quite happy, so they will not have inner torment and suffering, and they will not suffer retribution.
None of the above understandings of the law of cause and effect are correct. So what is the essential meaning of the law of cause and effect?
The world comes from the point of nothingness through the Tao to give birth to one, one life to two, two to three, and three to all things, so although all things are complex, they are ultimately rooted in one point, so everything in the universe is interconnected.
Life two, divided into two, not irregularly divided, but there must be up and down, left must be right, cold must be hot, advance must be retreated, there must be yin and yang, so the world has always maintained a dynamic balance.
In a system of dynamic equilibrium, any change will trigger a corresponding change, and this change will be reflected at all levels of the world. For example, if a person exerts an upward force, then the system will automatically produce a corresponding downward force, and both forces will eventually be transmitted to the source of the world, and the interaction will cancel each other, and the world will remain in balance.
Therefore, the law of cause and effect is determined by the characteristics of the dynamic equilibrium system of the universe, and it is not subject to human will as the law of transfer, as long as there is a change in the system, there will inevitably be a change on the contrary, that is, what you do will eventually act on yourself, not that you can not bear the consequences without realizing it. Therefore, those who say that if you unconsciously step on an ant to death, you don't have to suffer this cause and effect. So why would anyone think so? Even people with a certain level of cultivation would think so.
This is because they did not understand the level of the world, and they did not understand the different levels of change in the energy within the system. You are not aware of this change in energy, but your acquired god is not aware of it, but the change in energy has already occurred, and there will inevitably be corresponding consequences, and it has nothing to do with whether you are aware of it or not. The acquired gods did not realize that the innate gods, or the innate gods of the higher heavens and earths, could perceive this change.
Good people do bad things, will produce guilt, this guilty heart is also a kind of energy change, will also cause the system to appear corresponding energy changes, if this energy change can offset part of the energy changes caused by doing bad things, then you can suffer a little less due to the consequences of doing bad things. So those who say that the law of cause and effect is a punishment for good people have too superficial understanding of the law of cause and effect.
For example, the energy level of trampling an ant to death is smaller than that of hunting a wild boar, the energy level of harming an ordinary person is smaller than that of harming a person with cultivation, and the energy level of harming a selfish person is smaller than that of harming a person with a common heart.
There is also a relationship between the size and timing of the retribution. Because the universe is in a cycle of expansion, and with the passage of time, the original energy will continue to expand, so the present world is the most cost-effective. Some people don't understand this truth, and if they don't want to repay the favor, they will say that they will repay you for being a cow and a horse in the next life, thinking that they can get through the tricks, but they don't know that they are pitting themselves.
I also heard a teacher talk about the law of cause and effect: When a person is executed, let the person's soul fly away and not bear the consequences. This is a mistake to take private revenge for karma. Karma is determined by the characteristics of the dynamic equilibrium system of the universe, not the revenge between individuals.
Another law of cause and effect is that the same kind of energy can cancel each other, and different kinds of energy cannot cancel each other. For example, if you kill one person and save a hundred, you can enjoy good results. Therefore, you can see that there are people who do good deeds without good reward, and do bad deeds without bad reward. It may be that you only see him doing good deeds and not seeing him do bad deeds, or vice versa.
For example, if a person is determined to do good deeds, and crosses the river with someone on his back in a place without a bridge, the cold river water will damage his body, and his interest in the public's heart will be rewarded by the public's love, and the two cannot cancel each other out, but can only work together, so we will see that there are people in the world who are disabled but rich.
The law of cause and effect does exist, and the so-called laws are empty, and cause and effect are not empty. It is determined by the nature of the dynamic equilibrium system of the universe, and it is only related to the change of energy, and it has nothing to do with whether you believe or not, whether you are conscious or not.
The article is from Mr. Zou Shizhen, the era of traditional Chinese medicine.