Why Things Happen

VIVEK DESAI





The mind wonders: why did I get a lower grade than my classmate whom I helped study? Why did my co-worker get a raise when I worked harder than him? Why did my wallet get stolen? Basically , the famous conundrum: `why do bad things happen to good people?' Life seems unfair and it is not surprising that it is difficult for many to believe in a God who is just and good. In any scientific analysis, a conclusion is drawn based on the data points acquired. Who has acquired all the data points of life? Everything is constantly in flux, so who is aware of all that has happened, all that is happening, and all that will happen?
Who knows it all, really? Only nature, for nature has an inbuilt memory known as `karma', the action-reaction law.Each individual harvests the fruits of the seeds he has sowed; he himself might have forgotten (or be unaware of) when, where and which seeds he sowed but divine nature never forgets, for divine is of the nature of awareness.
Everything is, therefore, simply an outcome of one's past deeds. In the light of this, no one is innocent and no one is guilty , there is no one to give credit to and no one to blame for the situation one finds oneself in. It is tempting to point the finger at the other but the onus really lies on oneself.This demands self-investigation. At the very moment the mind passes judgement, one experiences disharmony with the world.