Philosophy behind the Cycle of Cause and Effect

What is law of attraction?

The Law of Attraction states that your dominant thoughts, words, and actions will attract corresponding tangible or intangible outcomes into your life. While this theory is intriguing, it lacks an explanation for how it functions. Therefore, I will use the theory of cause and effect to clarify its workings.

Theory of Cause and Effect

The fundamental principle of cause and effect is that the cause leads to an effect, and the effect leads to the cause, creating a cyclical relationship between the two.

Let's consider an example: The individual referred to as "A" is unemployed and faces repeated rejections from potential employers. This failure ultimately leads to feelings of lethargy and initiates a cycle where A's failure serves as the cause and his lethargy becomes the effect. The cycle continues overtime, as "A" experiences more and more failures, his lethargy becomes increasingly pronounced, culminating in a state where he is unable to succeed in any endeavour. Now, it is evident in this case that lethargy became the cause and failure became the effect. It means cause becomes effect and vice versa. This cycle of cause and effect lies at the heart of everything incl. the theory of law of attraction. Although A may not be solely responsible for his initial failures, his subsequent lethargy attracted further failures. This same principle can be applied to understand why the rich tend to get richer and the poor tend to get poorer. In other words, you create your own reality.

Furthermore

The cycle of cause and effect is one of the fundamental forces that governs the universe, embodying the duality of existence aka the tattva of Shiva and Shakti, the principle of Yin and Yang. This duality is ubiquitous in the universe, evident in the functioning of stars, galaxies, and everything else. In fact, in the Vedic tradition, newlywed couples are directed to gaze upon the stars "Alcor and Mizar" in the constellation of Ursa Major (Saptarishi constellation) to comprehend the duality of life, as these two are binary stars, revolving around each other and dependent on each other for survival. They are known by their Sanskrit names, "Arundhati and Vashishta", with Arundhati being the wife of the Sage Vashishta, one of the Saptarishis (seven celestial sages).

Miśra Prapanchá

The term "Miśra Prapanchá" in Sanskrit beautifully expresses the dual nature of the universe. It suggests that cause leads to effect and effect leads to cause, resulting in an endless cycle. While this cycle cannot be broken, it can be transformed from one state to another much like the first law of thermodynamics. For instance, your success makes you confident that leads to further successes. In contrast, your failure brings lethargy and doubt, leading to further failures. To break this cycle, you can transform your doubts and lethargy into success through persistence and perseverance. It's essential to recognise that you are the cause, and everything that happens to you is the effect, making it necessary for you to initiate the transformation yourself.

This duality is the foundation of principle of karma. For instance, when you cover up a mistake with a lie, you might feel the need to tell another lie to back the first one, and then another, and soon, you won't even remember where or when it all began. This cycle has a certain beauty to it. It keeps us in a perpetual cycle of birth and death. That's why it's difficult to break free from. It's similar to Newton's Law of Motion, where objects in motion tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an external force. Similarly, your actions and consequences may persist indefinitely unless you put an end to them.