The law of cause and effect is really what Karma is all about. As Deepak Chopra explains, “Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind. …what we sow is what we reap. And when we choose actions that bring happiness and success to others the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.”
Chopra, a leader in mind-body medicine, further describes the issue in his 1993 book, “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success”: “No debt in the universe ever goes unpaid. There is a perfect accounting system in this universe, and everything is a constant ”˜to and fro”™ exchange of energy.” It”™s the law for all human action ”“ in government, business, labor, education and individuals.
It may be tempting to blow off the notion of Karma as having anything to do with you or your business, but you cannot blow off the law of cause and effect even though it is becoming increasingly popular to do just that. So now that we know we cannot avoid this discussion let”™s examine why we are where we are.
U.S. can”™t solve major issues
One would have to be living in a cave not to realize that this country is strangling itself in delusions. Here are a few of the larger issues that put us there:
1. We have sold ourselves to China and to this date have no idea how we got ourselves into such an untenable position.
2. We have a housing crisis that is still evolving into a national horror and no one seems to understand how we got there.
3. On a finite planet we still imagine that its resources are infinite.
4. We are convinced that terrorism is totally the fault of radical Islamists who envy ”˜our way of life.”™ In each of these examples we have been dealing with the effect rather than the cause, and thus a solution eludes us.
The need for the largest economy in the world to go to China, hat in hand, is a stunning example of a country ignoring the law of cause and effect. If you constantly reduce taxes, or refuse to raise them, while simultaneously agreeing to programs that increase national debt and long-term commitments such as endless global conflicts, you will have to ask for help from a country that has now become a serious competitor for the world”™s natural resources. This is also a country that has cozied up to countries that do not have our best interests at heart. The very real possibility of the spigot being turned off should give us pause. The law of cause and effect in action.
Wallinson has real cause of housing crisis
The cause of the housing bubble was greedy unscrupulous real estate brokers and the bank to be sure; their actions had the encouragement of governmental policies that backed home ownership at all costs. Peter Wallinson, in “Cause and Effect: Government Policies and the Financial Crisis,” has nailed the real cause of the housing crisis. He cites The Community Reinvestment Act, the affordable housing mission of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, penalty-free refinancing of home loans, penalty-free defaults on home loans and tax preferences for home-equity borrowing as major contributors. Furthermore, the banking institutions were given the impression that the government “has your back” just to make sure that no loan request was turned down. Â A torrent of foreclosures has been the result. The law of cause and effect at work.
Understanding limits to resources
In the matter of the dwindling resources of the planet, the U.S. does not understand either limits or shortages. Higher costs are blamed on not enough refining capacity, limitations on off-shore drilling, the machinations of OPEC, etc., dancing around the reality of the finiteness of these resources. The denial of the cause and blaming the effect of the growing shortage of natural resources cannot be maintained indefinitely.
A book called “Confessions of an Economic Hitman,” by John Perkins, details the activities of the U.S. government, other developed countries and global entities such as Bechtel, Halliburton and the International Monetary Fund. The goal has been to build large infrastructure projects and to go after the natural resources of developing countries. These actions did not pull these countries out of poverty but drove them further down economically. That and many other actions of the developed countries and the U.S., particularly with regard to Muslim countries, have created terrorism, not the cause but the effect of the actions of the developed countries.
The Cosmic Law of Cause and Effect is alive and well and impacting this country on a daily basis.
Surviving the Future explores a wide range of subjects to assist businesses in adapting to a new energy age. Maureen Morgan, a transit advocate, is on the board of Federated Conservationists of Westchester. Reach her at maureenmorgan10@verizon.net.
