Observing what is arising from the present moment or awareness, we see the manifestation of infinite possibilities. All manifestation appears as an "afterthought,
" and by the time any of it is observable we can consider it to be a product, byproduct, or "after-effect" of the infinite present (or the "unknown now"). An effect - the first, the original effect. What is the cause? If the effect comes from the unmanifest and infinite present moment, there is no cause. This moment is utter silence, therefore cannot be asserted. It cannot even be asserted as nothing. It could be said that effect appears first, and the entire chain of cause and effect manifests from this first, observable event.
What did Buddha and everybody else have to say about it? To follow...
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ReplyDeleteYes, all cause is from the Big-Source-Infinite-Me-In-The-Now thing! ...I think cause and effect is part of the illusion of Duality. Within the Dualism -living in a world of things separate from ourselves- cause seems to be dependant on linear time and also cause seems to be thought-driven and not physical causes creating effects.Thus there are mundane things like driving to work and miracles that defy Newtonian Physics simply because the effects follow people's mundane or incredible thoughts.
ReplyDeleteLinear time for me is Duality -it's just an idea in the Now,this moment. The more one lets go of linear time the less and less one will misplace ones handbag! The handbag (effect) will just appear in front of you(cause) when you need it ,in the same way the whole planet does in every moment !