Coincidence or coincidence; karma = cause and effect principle

Today I want to philosophize about a topic that is not so easy and for some perhaps threatening and frightening. Does chance exist or does everything fall into one's lap?

Asian philosophies speak of karma, the cause-and-effect principle, that is, every effect has a cause. If one assumes that nothing is a coincidence, then the question is whether everything is predetermined. Certainly not, because then there would be no diversity of animals, plants and existences in the universe. But if the cause-and-effect system applies and every effect we see has a cause, then there should at least be a real coincidence in the cause from time to time, if not everything is deterministic, that is, predetermined.

Now the question arises: are accidents, suffering, illnesses and death effects of faulty causes, i.e. do mistakes result in punishments such as accidents, suffering and illnesses, and death? I think all religions say that. But other causes, such as a seat belt or a demented senior citizen taking the right of way from a motorcyclist, causing the motorcyclist to die (does this make the senior citizen more to blame than the motorcyclist?), call this into question. But it often depends on the period of time and the spirit of the age how people have interpreted it.

If causes and effects arise in our universe, who causes them to arise? They often have to be spiritual, invisible forces, and spiritual forces can actually only be the spiritual forces of the inhabitants of the universe. I believe that religions and people agree that these forces do not arise spontaneously, but according to laws that punish bad and reward good.

This would mean that, for example, the spiritual powers of people also punish and reward each other according to certain laws. Can you manipulate this and reward bad and punish good? If the spiritual powers function according to laws, this is certainly not possible and only that can be fair. If there is a God who regulates everything, he would certainly not allow it, and if there is a system of promoting the better sense, he would certainly not allow it either.

The Bible says:

Romans 2:14-15: “For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are, although they do not have the law, a law unto themselves. 15 They prove that the work of the law is written on their hearts; their conscience testifies with them, and so do their thoughts, which accuse or even excuse one another.”

In my opinion, only this can be meaningful and fair. And spiritual forces are not alone in a situation either; it always takes at least two to agree and usually even more are involved in a karmic situation, whose spirit is the judge. So there is often a blessing in disguise. Of course, there is also the fact that your own mind punishes you.

In the Middle Ages there was a dark period of injustice with the Inquisition, where it was thought that spiritual thoughts could be punished. Of course there was no proof for this, as there never will be any legal proof in this area, and they tried to prove the judges' deluded ideas through brutal torture and to mistreat these innocent people with horrible and unjust death sentences. God bless America and the rest of the world so that this blatant injustice will never be repeated.

One thing is clear: punishment is necessary, as our legal system shows, and in my opinion, death is the protector of life. But how do you best punish in the spiritual realm without your wish falling back on yourself and you being punished? Many people are not aware of their thoughts and do not notice that when they are angry about real or perceived injustice, they often subconsciously or consciously wish for spiritual punishment. Whenever I notice that my mind asks me whether I desire punishment when I am treated unjustly in my area of jurisdiction, I answer it according to my opinion, whereby I mostly forgive and then I wish that my will is not respected but only the optimal and right thing, which I also always wish from God Yahweh and Jesus and others that it be examined and enforced, may happen. I also only wish to impose punishments within my jurisdiction, not for others or for other things, such as religion or politics, or only if it is desired.

That is my opinion on this difficult topic.