[mkirkpatrick]

I would like to talk about the law of cause and effect;another aspect of this law is that of
action and reaction,cause and effect.Everything and every event is the result of the past.

Cause and effect are endless,effects become causes intheit turn,endlessly.Present time
is the sum total of all past effect and is the moment when effect becomes cause.

Man is the one creature on earth who,to the extent that he can use his power of choice
and will,is able to operate so as to disturb,for a time,the law of harmony.The balance however has to be restored sonner or later and the law will reflect the distubance back
to him who caused it.

He suffers the come-back.Similarly because to a limited extent man is free to use his
faculties and develop them,he,by doing so,affects his environment and circumstances.
He can also learn and so profit from experience.To this extent he is responsible for his
circumstances and himself.

In a restricted view,this is the law of Karma,the law of action and reaction applied to
every man and his individual circumstances.This aspect of the law applies in the inner
worlds as well as the outer.

Karma therefore has regard to mans motives and knowledge.It is moral law.
Genuine ignorance can be excused but not wilful wrong doing.The consequences of
similar actions can therefore be very different,depending on circumstances and motive.

tbc
regards michael.