Effect-Cause: The Non Linear Karma

I was thinking about what has happened in my life and why it has happened. There are things that can’t be explained by a cause and effect, the Karma of a person, because it simply does not add up. Religion provides the feeble explanation of multiple lives and our good/bad deeds in previous lives. (Remember the word previous because I will come back to it.) But we don’t know our full story across various births, or of our parents and loved ones,  whom we think have been unfairly treated in life.

It is almost universally accepted that space/ time can bend and behave differently depending on where we are in the universe. It is also theorised that time may not be linear. Finally, the concept of multiverses is also there…so the event that has happened and is about to happen and is happening, is happening all the “time” so there is no previous or later.

While I was misbehaving with my dad earlier in the day today, I thought, when, time is not linear why should effect always follow the cause. It is quite probable hence, that we are being punished or rewarded, not for our actions that we have done (on a linear time scale) but perhaps the ones the one we will do. Perhaps, a punishment I received earlier in life was because of my act today morning; after-all to the creator or nature it is already clear that I will do this misdeed and he is already punishing me for it in advance…Terminator: Judgement day for everyone all the time. This is a consolation I can give myself for the rewards/punishment I have received in life.  

But I am still looking for answers for loved ones who have gone away, suffering…what did they do to deserve such a fate when their linear timeline seized across all multiverses as they breathed their last? 

 FALTU BAAT MAT  KAR

One thing that Covid lockdowns, losses and lunaticism has done is made me delve slightly deeper into what I had been seeking all my life, purpose. If you have the patience, you may want to hear some faltu talk.

What is the purpose of a job? Primarily, it provides for our needs and fuels our passions, where we get to work on what we really like doing. Many of us have been working from home and the urge to get to the office is now palpable. We are all waiting to get to office, chai breaks, office gossip, the in person meeting 'efficiency' for some but essentially, the freedom to talk inconsequential nonsense with our friends/colleagues. While the purpose of the job remains what it is, the reason to get to office is a bit more peripheral. Even the hardcore rationalist might have to concede to David Hume this time that we are really driven by feelings and what makes us happy.  What is the purpose of school? Education, syllabus, classes, ohh and ..exams! But bring all of that online and somehow you would not be able to call it school. It is very obvious.

Getting one level deeper, what is the purpose of conversation itself? I used to tell my friends, don't discuss events or people, discuss ideas, something I had ripped off one of the motivational posters. I have tried to follow that as far as possible in life. Even during casual conversations, I at times ask, what's the point you are trying to make? Covid has put things in perspective and brought me down from the pedestal I had put myself on. At times there is this scream to be able to talk utter pointless stuff, but having trained myself not to enjoy it for so long, I do quickly get bored as well. Sometimes all I want to do is rant... (like this piece). No more of "Faltu baat mat kar yaar" but please "Faltu baat kar"

Someone said, "the longer we stay silent, the less there is a need to talk". 

PS: I can't always read stuff that helps me learn, sometimes a simple comic book from Diamond Comics is what I need