wk 2- Uncertainty, causality, weird universe
Uncertainty- where I will live, with husband still? will I stay at job that sucks all my time, that I like- but is definitely no feeling like my highest path. Causality- from the Dalai Lama- on Dependent Origination- " In the Dependent Origination Sutra Buddha states: If there is this, that ensues; Because this came into being, that came into being. It is thus: Due to ignorance volition arises… In other words, in order for a particular event or experience to take place, there must be a cause, and the cause itself must be existent. That cause will also be an effect of a preceding cause, because if it is not itself a product, then it will lack the potential or capacity to produce any results. So the cause itself has to be a product of another cause. Therefore, the Buddha said that because this cause arises, the effect is produced. And not only must the cause have a cause, the cause must also correlate to the effect. It is not true that just anything can produce everythi...