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How we may cause natural events to happen - an essay [12]
All actions happen naturally, our sense of becoming involved is but another illusion.
In the effort to explain how we may cause natural events to happen, we try to trace some connection which at one end is rooted in ourself and the other in nature. But this is against the very principle which brings about such things to happen. What we accept instead is our limitations, and do not turn as we do to our physical or intellectual selves for development, but quite the opposite.
We turn to the subject, our sense of identity, and not work upon it in any way, but allow it to suffer as it does quite naturally, its indignations. The result, follows from removing something which obstructs a development, in consequence, something else may be ascribed as its cause.
In this indirect fashion, causes bring about their effects, which as they are completely natural in their development and sequence, have all appearance of happening without intervention. If this suggests a thinking ability in nature, it is better understood as,
thoughts relating to an event only seem to be ours, in reality they belong to the event. We look at them and consider them our identities, in much the same way we feel about our appearances.
It may be possible to turn to some aspects of ourselves, and with guidance, root them out. As this is difficult, one can instead, accepting the natural order of reality and evolution, live with the circumstances. The effort is directed at bearing natural suffering and, as it is acting upon the deepest cause linked closely to our identity it hurts us deeply.
There is an intervening will of nature, which tempers harmful actions directed at us. Things hurt sometimes, and at other times just don't. And often, the longer lasting reaction of an ill intentioned act turns out for the good.
One can see nature as totally integrated, and ourselves, carrying as though, imperfections in our identities. We wonder what these could be that bring so much misery in life. After a time we can see how our troubles seem related, all of them adding to make our situation that we wish we could unravel.
Is there an unravelling then in that sequence of bearing injury, not retaliating, and suffering the healing? One accepts this or nothing at all.