Causality: A, B & C

Causality: [noun] 1. The relationship between cause and effect.

2. The principle that everything has a cause. [ see "Karma", below ]

Instant: (adjective) 1. Happening or coming immediately; "The offense justified instant dismissal".

2. Urgent, pressing; "An instant desire to blame others when things go wrong".

[synonyms] Immediate, Instantaneous, Prompt, Swift, Speedy, Rapid, Quick, Express, Lightning.....

Karma: [noun] 1. (in Hindu or Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed

as deciding their fate in future existences.

2. Destiny or Fate, following as effect from cause.

See: Causality.

Causality is - - at it's core - - the "WHY" of everything.....

It is parsimony - - perfected.....

Just as Aristotle's Three (3) Laws of Rational Thought can be described as a "Trinity" of Rational Thought.....

Likewise - - Causality is also Trinitarian in nature.....

Three (3) separate (but intimately intertwined) concepts - - interrelated & interdependent - - mutually supportive.....

As Antonio Salieri realized, and understood, the perfection of Mozart's music:

"Replace one note, and there would be diminishment - - Replace one phrase, and the structure would fall".

For this page, I've labeled them thusly:

A: Thought, Word & Deed [ or think, speak & act ]

B: Consequence [ and responsibility ]

C: "Instant" Karma

We will work through each of the above - - along with their cast(s) of supporting characters, below.....

BECAUSE this is a website, and BECAUSE I can't predict or control the order in which you read through the headings & pages,

I'm going to have to introduce to you an IMPORTANT CONCEPT [ without explanation ] at this point so that certain sections

of this entire page become more comprehensible.

Throughout this page, I am going to almost continually refer to all of mankind as "Defective".

We either ARE - - or we aren't. [ Law of the Excluded Middle ]

We posit that every single human being ever conceived or born was and is "Defective".

We posit that as being "Defective", we are the ambulatory "Undead" - - NOT TRULY ALIVE - - and destined for eternal destruction.

This has been called by many names over the millennia - - we prefer a modern colloquialism - - the "ZOMBIE".

We posit that the (corporate) "Purpose" of all Humanity is to realize that this is TRUE, and search out the "CURE".

We also posit that NONE OF US HAS HAD TO ORIGINATE THEIR OWN DEFECT(S) - - that we are BORN WITH THEM, ALREADY!!!!!

BECAUSE OUR "DEFECTS" ORIGINATE OUTSIDE OF OUR SELVES - - SO IS THE "CURE" OUTSIDE OF OUR SELVES!!!!!

You cannot "CURE" yourself - - that is IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!

This "Existence" is a ONE-SHOT deal - - No 'after I'm dead' - "Now I get it" second chances.....

NO DO-OVERS!!!!!

You either realize that you're "Defective" and search out and accept the "CURE", or you don't.

If you find & accept the "CURE", you are no longer the 'undead' - - you are ALIVE for now and forevermore!!!!!

If you DON'T find and accept the "CURE" - - you are 'undead' for now and forevermore and consigned for conscious eternal destruction.

Instant Karma:

[ Step 06, excerpted & edited from the forthcoming book 20 Steps ]

Causality & Instant Karma 101, 'Freewill' & 'Choice' - - Action/reaction (Causality) and Consequence.

( and the Law of Unintended Consequences )

[ "As a man thinketh in his heart - - so is he" ]

Before we talk about "Causality", let me introduce you to the concept of "Instant Karma".....

People 'do' three (3) things: We think, we speak & we act.

We posit that every single thought, word & deed - - 'good', 'bad' or 'indifferent' - - generates "Karma" - - Instantly.....

Hindu (and Buddhist) Karma presupposes repeated physical reincarnation back into this world, so that the 'Karma', the

effect of everything you've done in THIS life comes back to haunt you, good or bad, in your NEXT life in this world.

We posit that there is no repeated physical 'reincarnation' back into this world [ Law of the Excluded Middle ].

Either there is, or there isn't. With no 'reincarnation', where does this 'Karma' go???

We posit that it applies to you, good or bad, instantaneously & permanently - - and that it is Inescapable.

We also posit that it either follows you into the "afterlife" as one of the eternally damned 'undead'

- - OR - -

it is permanently cleansed - - erased as if it never existed - - if you accept, embrace and live the "CURE".

[ For the purist, in Buddhism & in Hinduism, the concept of "Karma" DOES follow you, not only in this life

(and subsequent repeated 'reincarnations') but also (eventually) into the "afterlife" - - to the attaining of "Nirvana"

which, INEXPLICABLY, translates as: EXTINCTION - - - - - go figure..... ]

[ We posit that "Karma" does exist - - and that, after death, there is no possibility of "Repeated Reincarnation" OR "Extinction" ]

'Karma' isn't a physical 'thing' - - 'Karma' is a concept.

Think of it as "Blow-back" - - like unavoidable gunshot residue that DEFINES EXACTLY who & what you are.....

'Good' or 'bad' - - it's the ink stain on your psyche, on your soul - - invisible, in and of itself.....

But VISIBLE for all the world to see - - in who you are, what you say & what you do.....

By now, you've read (or should have read) The (Baker's) Dozen Dirty D's.....

You know that we are ALL born DEFECTIVE.....

Part of the "Defect" is your terminal addiction to your "Self".....

Your addiction to "Self" is the power behind what is described elsewhere herein as your "Ulterior Motive(s)".....

Your "Ulterior Motive(s)" are tempered by your (Instant) Karma - - and vice-versa.....

'Karma' bombards us, continually, in every way possible.....

It's possible to temporarily stop 'doing' & 'talking' - - but you just can't stop 'thinking'.....

WE CREATE THE 'CAUSE' (thought, word, deed) - - Your CAUSE(s) dictates your KARMA.....

And generates CONSEQUENCES - - Intentional AND UNINTENTIONAL - - that 'ripple' outward in all directions.....

AFFECTING EVERYONE & EVERYTHING AROUND YOU - - and YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF IT!!!!!

Every single consequence, to every possible 'decision', under ALL possible circumstances & combinations thereof are:

Preordained - - Immutable - - Instantaneous - - Inescapable - - Irreversible - - Permanent

The degree of catastrophic "Unintended Consequences" [collateral damage] is directly proportional to the 'decisions' you make.....

THERE IS NO ESCAPE

There is, however - - - - - the CURE!

Causality:

OK - - now that we've introduced "Instant Karma", let's get back to the actual beginning - - "Causality".....

People 'do' three(3) things: We think, we speak & we act.

"Causality" is the principle that every "Effect" has an underlying "Cause".

[ don't fall into the fallacy of the bottomless pit 'trap' of "Infinite Regressions" ]

Concomitantly, every "Cause" generates an "Effect", or "Effects".

[ for our discussion, consequences [ intended & unintended] and Karma ]

'CAUSALITY' IS KNOWING & UNDERSTANDING "WHY" EVERYTHING IS THE WAY IT IS.

Presupposing the truth of "Ex Nihilo, Nihil Fit" [ from nothing, comes nothing ] a "Cause" cannot happen spontaneously.

EVERY "Cause" MUST be generated by an existing - - or pre-existing and eternal being.

[ or the chain of events leading up to an apparent "Cause" - - put into motion, originally, by an existing, or pre-existing being ]

Cause & Effect also has 'balance' - - there is no "Cause" without an "Effect" - - and vice versa.

Again, we are ALL born "Defective" - - and not just to our terminal addiction to "Self".....

[ although there are myriad "Defects" in humans - - "Self" IS the most 'important', most DESTRUCTIVE one..... ]

No one has none - - and no one has them all..... [ although we are all, ultimately, GUILTY of them all ]

Some of them are universal to us ALL [ "Self", Sloth, Pride, Lying, Envy, Covetousness, Lust, Denial, Defiance, Delusion, etc..... ]

The rest aren't - - how they are 'apportioned' to us is, for the moment, immaterial to the discussion.

Suffice to say that none of us are perfect - - none of us are Divine.

At this point you might be thinking - - "Compared to whom, or what"?

Not an unimportant question!!!!!

YOU may think that NONE of the above are 'Defects' whatsoever - - it's just "the way we are".....

But the next time you are mugged, or robbed, or raped - - suck it up - - it's just "the way we are".....

Whatever the 'injury' - - it's your own fault - - you weren't prepared to 'take him out', first.....

We're just matter-in-motion - - we're just overly sophisticated pond scum - - if you're "fittest", you'll survive.....

Take what you want - - if there are no 'consequences' - - it's perfectly acceptable to "do what's right in your own eyes".

If you think about it, it's actually YOUR "FEELINGS" that are the "problem" - - so - - get out there and KILL, or be killed!!!!!

Your thoughts, words & deeds - - compared to your 'justifications' - - are, of course, perfect - - in your own eyes.....

You can whirl around in your own little universe - - convinced & content in the knowledge that 2+2=6.

I can whirl around in my own little universe - - convinced & content in the knowledge that 2+2=7.

And when we collide - - there WILL be CONFLICT!!!

We can't both be "right" - - One of us is "wrong" - - or we are BOTH "wrong" - - but we CANNOT BOTH BE "RIGHT"!!!!!

At the very least, one of our "subjective" "truths" is demonstrably WRONG!!!!!

And we will fight to the DEATH to defend our respective "subjective" positions.....

[ just where in the hell do you think 'conflict' comes from, anyway????? ]

Do you, or do you not - - see the IRRATIONALITY, the IDIOCY, the INSANITY of "Subjective Truth"?????

But we've had this discussion before - - if you think you're 'perfect' - - if you think you're 'divine' - - you're DELUSIONAL.

The precise term for this is: Circular Logic.

YOU are attempting to make the Universe conform to your "Subjective Truth".

[ you'd have better luck extinguishing the Sun - - by peeing on it ]

"Subjective Truth" is an oxymoron, and violates the 2nd Law of Rational Thought.

ALL "Subjective Truth" is a LIE.

The ONLY "Truth" - - is "OBJECTIVE TRUTH".

And "What", or "Whom" is that "Object" that contains and maintains "Truth"?????

NOT YOU.

AND NOT ME.

It HAS to be something, or someone, OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES - - IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY!!!!!

And this "Repository" of OBJECTIVE TRUTH - - EXISTS!!!!!

And there is RATIONAL, LOGICAL, EMPIRICAL - - PROOF OF THIS!!!!!

"You don't know what you don't know".

Just because you are ignorant of something - - doesn't mean it doesn't exist!!!!!

I did NOT "speak myself into existence" - - and NEITHER DID YOU.....

NOTHING that exists - - exists out of any sort of spontaneity.....

Ex Nihilo, Nihil Fit - - From nothing, comes nothing.....

Everything - - EVERYTHING - - that EXISTS - - EXISTS as a CREATION of an existing, or PRE-EXISTING & ETERNAL Being.....

That you and I exist at all, exhibits the EFFECT of a CAUSE!!!!!

Someone, or Something - - had the thought(s), spoke the WORD(s) & took the action(s) to CREATE EVERYTHING THAT IS.....

This is "CAUSALITY".

EVERYTHING - - IS THE "EFFECT"!!!

I AM THE "EFFECT"!!!

YOU ARE THE "EFFECT"!!!

And guess what - - YOU are ALSO an "EXISTING" (and sentient) BEING.

A thinker, a communicator and a doer.....

AN ORIGINATOR OF "CAUSE" - - A CREATOR OF "EFFECT".....

And with GREAT POWER - - COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.....

[ ugh - - the "R" word..... ]

"Foundational Element" #13 states: You're either personally 'Responsible - - or personally 'Irresponsible'.

NOWHERE does it state that you are "Not Responsible".....

You CANNOT evade or avoid RESPONSIBILITY [ and accountability, ultimately ] for every thought, word & deed you think, say & do.

As a member of the species, of the class of the 'undead' - - you will be judged & condemned by your every thought, word & deed.

"Good" thoughts, words & deeds, or "bad" thoughts, words & deeds - - ALL will weigh against you.....

Your ONLY HOPE of escape - - - - - is the "CURE".....

And your ONLY PURPOSE on this earth - - as a part of the 'undead' - - is to find, accept, embrace & LIVE the "CURE"!!!!!

It's your RESPONSIBILITY to YOURSELF - - the obvious alternative being: Personal IRRESPONSIBLITY!!!!!

BUT IN NO CASE CAN YOU BE, OR ARE YOU: PERSONALLY NOT RESPONSIBLE!!!!!

IF YOU'RE NOT 'RESPONSIBLE' FOR YOURSELF - - WHO THE HELL ELSE - - IS ????????

THIS IS THE "WHY" - - THAT WE ARE HERE!!!

You think you are "Free" - - but as a part of the 'undead', nothing could be further from the truth.....

You're trapped in circular reasoning, circular logic - - living out one grand delusion.....

Trapped in the middle of a Minefield, in the middle of a Maze, in the middle of the "Matrix"..... [ The Three M's ]

ALL of the 'undead' are SLAVES to the construct of this world system - - IGNORANT of WHY things are the way they are.....

IGNORANT of WHO they really are - - - - - IGNORANT of WHAT they really are - - - - - IGNORANT of WHERE they really are.....

IGNORANT of ALMOST EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THEIR "SELVES".....

IGNORANT of the FACT that they are, themselves, 'undead' ZOMBIES!!!!!

IGNORANT of another possibility outside of their world-view.....

DEAF, DUMB & BLIND to the WAY THINGS REALLY ARE!!!!!

IGNORANT OF THE "CHOICE" THEY ALL HAVE - - - - - YOU HAVE - - - - - TO NO LONGER BE THAT 'SLAVE'.....

It's decision time.....

[ it's always decision time - - no one knows where their "time is up" - - and there are NO SECOND CHANCES!!! ]

Knowledge, FREEDOM & Life ("Red Pill") - - OR - - ("Blue Pill") Ignorance, Slavery & Death.

Consequence:

Now that we've explored "Causality", let's dive into "Consequences".....

For every "Cause" there is a concomitant "Effect" - - and a "Consequence" or "Consequences".....

"Consequence" is a broad term - - let's break it down into two (2) Categories.....

Whether they are intended or unintended - - - - - and whom, or what, they affect.....

The first Category is the concept of "Intended" & "Unintended" consequence(s).

[ "Yes, I shot & killed him, with malice aforethought" - - - - - "Intended" ]

[ "No, I didn't think about ever getting caught" - - - - - "Unintended" ]

[ "No, I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison" - - - - - "Unintended" ]

[ "No, I didn't think about my wife & children being left without a husband & father" - - - - - "Unintended" ]

[ "No, I didn't think about HIS wife & children being left without a husband & father" - - - - - "Unintended" ]

[ Etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc..... ]

All pretty straightforward - - and could be explored endlessly.....

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The second Category is/are the "Consequence(s)" that affect either YOU - - or someone (or something) else.

The "Consequence(s)" that affect YOU, personally, are both the actual consequence(s) (intended & unintended)

and your "Instant Karma" - - - which applies to you, and you alone.....

The "Consequence(s)" that affect someone (or something) else fall into two (2) sub-categories:

Physical consequence(s)

Emotional/Psychological consequence(s)

[ you cannot directly influence or damage someone else's "Instant Karma" ]

[ WORK IN PROGRESS ]

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