Cause & Effect

Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law.

Events are linked by law, even when the link is unseen.

Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause. Nothing occurs by chance, though the chain may be hidden. There are many planes of causation, from the coarse to the subtle, yet each is bound to law. The ignorant are carried by the chain; the instructed learn to read it and to move within it. Cause and effect is not merely linear, but layered, with smaller causes nested within greater causes. In geometry, each line is a consequence of a prior measure, each intersection the record of a decision. The principle teaches responsibility and clear intent, for every act, however small, becomes a seed of consequence. To understand causation is to understand the architecture of sequence.

Keys

  • Law binds events
  • Chains are layered
  • Intent seeds outcome
  • Sequence reveals structure

Practice

  • Trace one outcome back to three preceding causes.
  • Choose a small cause and observe its effect.
Axioms and sequence follow The Kybalion (1908).