In the universal law of cause and effect...?

Exactly right. From the electron slippage to the influence of the moon, we are inundated with sources of duress. And personality is a complex, not a simple springboard.

The law of cause and effect is best described as the law of life. It is the law by which all the other universal laws are based upon. Understanding that everything in the universe is energy and therefore everything is connected. Then we can see how through this interconnectedness

as far as quantum physics is concerned... though things apparently seem to wink in or out... there has to be an underlying cause for these particles to 'wink'. If this is true... and the 'Big Bang Theory' is true... then there had to be an underlying cause for this explosion. i.e. it did not just happen

What makes you think the law of cause and effect is universal at the first place? That is very newtonian, which doesnt work well in quantum physics. For example, there is a theory called "vacuum fluctuation", things pops in and out of existence without any cause(as far as we know).

We did not evolve to find patterns in the universe, the idea of A causing B might not always stand.

Now, back to your question.

I think its a mix of many factors, your genetic predisposition, experience, your mood, etc. These causes us to think and act. And i might add: a cause could create a reaction, and that reaction could be a cause to another reaction.

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>as far as quantum physics is concerned... though things apparently seem to wink in or out... there has to be an underlying cause for these particles to 'wink'.

Apparently that is only your opinion. The burden of proof is on you, if you are trying to argue back with this reasoning. Humans did not evolve to find patterns in the universe, like i mentioned above. There is a limit to our logic and speculation. You are applying your own notion you speculated from point A to point B, which are proven to be different.

>then there had to be an underlying cause for this explosion. i.e. it did not just happen.

The big bang is not an "explosion" its a rapid expansion. There is no need for the big bang to have a prior cause.

In all such things, the basic intention for the action and the motive behind such action is important. One should have universal outlook and not have a narrow selfish outlook. Then each and every action even if it is found bad may have the support from infinite forces which is a part of so called Law of Causation i.e. cause and effect or action versus reaction formula.

Actions are different -- the thought does not act, it is the body and emotions that can act. However in regards things such a law of attractions, this is why it is flawed. Man is a legion. What will the universe give him, when he shifts to and fro, at one moment reflecting a certain desire, at another something quite contrary.

However, we are divided within ourselves, a person will get back what they put in regardless. They need to struggle to reconcile this division -- to unit the yes and no, so that it can through the struggle produce a result.

In regards to responding, it all abides within the Divine Pattern: male, female and child -- active, reflective, neutralizing. The third force doesn't often partake in discussions, because people are often incapable of truly listening to one another, and incapable of holding what appears to be conflicting views and reconciling them, if they are not too loss of reason. To see the truth in things and bring the paradox to a conclusion, rather than its mechanical result. Because how one will respond to what one does will be determined by their unconscious-divided state, which is their mechanicalness -- reflective -- divided. The reflective always pushes the active back upon itself (this is a law). However people are never really causes, or they would be free. They are on a long line of different effects, which leads back to a cause. All of your life is effects. A cause has no cause before it.

However the "law" of karma is really this: Everything returns to its source. Cause and effect is just the expression of this -- that is divided into the active and reflective. Bring about the third force.

We vibrate energy, what we think, say, or do is like ripples in pond it has an action and subsequent reaction. Only we aren't alone in the pond and in some ways we are the pond. Each individual water molecule moving together as a collective liquid and at the same time and individual not sure to go with the flow or to fight the current.

The Golden Rule is not the same as cause and effect. Atheists tend to believe that we should do good for its own sake, not for a reward some magic man will give us.

When I think and act from ego, my thoughts and actions induce a personal cause and effect of the individual me in that moment of action and they produce an appropriate karmic reaction.

When I think and act from Spirit my thoughts and actions are melded into the greater Consciousness and are used for the greater good of all concerned and the best possible outcome for all concerned and no karma is attached to them.

A very interesting question. Thank you

Namaste

well whether we know it or not we have control to some extent about cause and effect. Some one asks a question and I choose to answer or not. This is the thing a bout the way our psyche works though, it is very hard not to answer but it can be done. Cause and effect, if some one gets knocked down by a car, they can`t stop it but they can limit the damage by being strong and not let it effect them. we have some power when it comes to interacting with others.

Here are some examples of Cause and Effect, which i hope can clarify your doubts:

>>Slap a friend, acquaintance or stranger on one cheek without a good

reason, and you are sure to get a slap or two on both cheeks, in return!

>>Learn to smoke, drink alcohol, or experiment with drugs when in

primary school, and you end up addicted, troublesome and peddle in drugs in later life.

>>Try to drive your dad's or kind uncle's car when you haven't had a licence yet, and you will end up in the nearest ditch or you collide with the first vehicle on a busy road.

>>Continue misbehaving and being rowdy on the bus, train or cinema and you get a telling off by someone for being rude and inconsiderate.

>>Not preparing your home with emergency boat, tools or equipment in a disaster-prone area with flood, hurricane, wild fires, etc and someone is going to be drowned or burned.

And the list goes on with thousands of other items and situations. You will realize the Effects and become wiser, as you read and experience life more. So if you are a teenager or youth, you may still have lots of doubts and not knowing how to handle certain situations. We all make mistakes throughout life, and learning from them, to become safer and happier.

Keep learning more about science, trekking, camping,boating, swimming, geography,history, philosophy, psychology, etc and you shall be well-armed in time to come, to handle most situations. Best of luck!