“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
For every cause, there is an equal, opposite effect. The effect then becomes a cause of one or several subsequent effects.

If I do something that hurts you, even if my intention was not to hurt you, you’re still harmed. The cause leaves a harmful effect.

Now, you’re upset with me. You decide to refrain from talking to me.

You withholding from me, in turn, upsets me.

You deciding not to talk to me becomes a new cause, which then yields a hurtful effect. The cycle continues.

Despite having benign intentions, your experience of my action (the cause) is true to you. There is no other truth, even if you can see my point of view. You may have an equal and opposite reaction.

We can choose to continue this pattern of being hurt and then causing more pain because we are hurt. According to Newton’s Third Law, this is natural. According to karma, this is fair.

There are billions of causes and effects circulating all over the world, based on trillions of causes and effects that have occurred over the course of history. We are constantly injecting new causes into the mix, and arguably, many are based on generational trauma, developed from causes that took place hundreds or thousands of years ago.

Where we can choose to perpetuate the cycle, we can also choose to end it. Whether we’re breaking the chain of toxic beliefs passed down through generations, or stopping the game of pain-pong between ourselves and someone we care about, the choice is ours at every intersection.

If someone reacts to you in a way that surprises or hurts you, pause before you react. Unfollow your instincts.

When this happens in your life, try saying:

All is right in the world.

Based on karma – the unseen, omnipresent protector of the balance of the universe – and the Third Law of Motion, this is an indisputable fact.

All is always right in the world. Rather than fighting what is, accept it. It transpired this way due to a perfectly reasonable series of events, strung out over days, months, or even millennia.

The question is, what type of future do you want to create?”