"A stone thrown into water measures its own depth." ____ Welsh proverb
When people live their lives as though there were no cause and effect within it, great harms comes. When they believe that this world is the only world there is, they live less carefully in respect to cause and effect. Unaware of the correspondence of the apparent with the unseen world, they perform actions and harbor intentions that have a ripple effect. When a stone is thrown into water, we are aware only of the rippling on the surface of the pool; however, when the stone lands at the bottom, it displaces something else.
A careless word, uttered without proper intention, lodges somewhere. A thoughtless deed, performed however secretly, leaves its impression somewhere. When our actions and intentions measure their depth in the otherworld, we may not be immediately aware of what has happened, but the sonic resonance of their falling returns to the world in a variety of ways, as a fresh set of ripples in another part of our world. Unchecked anger, spiraling fear, the theft or manipulation of the rights of other beings - these are but a few causes that have terrible effects. Anger directed at another is like an actual weapon that impacts upon its target. By ignoring the subtle messages of the unseen realms that lie about us and interact with us at every moment, we cut ourselves off from sources of spiritual joy and alignment. The result is a dispirited or stubborn self-dependency whose boundary of responsibility stops at the egocentric limits of the self. The universe is larger than we have conceived it: it encompasses not only the explored physical cosmos of our kindred beings but the unexplored cosmos of our otherworldly family.
"Consider the wider cause-and-effect patterns that interweave you with both worlds. What effects have you noticed?"
[From: "The Celtic Spirit" by Caitlin Matthews]
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