I received an interesting article on cause and effect today from a friend.
This is not a superficial subject of inquiry. I use many elements concerning cause and effect in my mentoring, speaking and teaching on game Based Thinking.
The article discussed many ideas related to cause and effect. It started with the idea of karma and moved on the quantum physics and many other ideas.
Karma essentially means that all of your actions will have equal repercussions that affect you. The basic theory is that the universe runs according to certain laws, and one of these laws is ’cause and effect.’ The laws (known as Dharma in Buddhism) decide what affect is received from a given cause. Karma is the ’cause’ part of this theory. In other words, your actions – mental, vocal and physical are your Karma (plural). In essence, you do are rewarded or punished for what you have done. You simply receive the effect of it. There are many theories and approaches to understanding karma and your belief in one over another of these theories doesn’t mean it is true. The fact that you believe that selfless service will help ‘improve’ your Karma doesn’t mean that it will, and the belief that all of your actions will have equal repercussions affecting you may not be true either.
It seems that many who see themselves as spiritual seekers of one type or another can’t shake this need to believe in Karma. Unfortunately, it is our own mental constructs that convince us that we can observe any aspect of life and accurately distinguish between associated events and cycles of cause and effect. From a short-term perspective, we can look at our own lives and create a narrative that says, “We are affected by reactions to past actions we have taken.” Of course, in the larger scheme of things, life is much more chaotic and messy than you would think, and even though the universe is a dance of action and reaction, there are too many other things going on that you can neither see, nor even measure.
In my mind and experience there is always cause and effect. Of course it is not always linear or domino like. In quantum thinking the place to begin that exploration is with Christopher Alexander and his concepts on Pattern Language (You can wiki either or both).
When connecting all of this to brain hemisphere integration (Right Brain/Left Brain Thinking) the expert is the neuroscientist Julie Bolte Taylor. She had a stroke and kept notes on what was happening as the stroke unfolded. Really wild stuff!
Here is information on her work including a TED talk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Bolte_Taylor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jill_bolte_taylor
When exploring cause and effect in game based thinking the places I explore are not only black swan but also critical mass theory and butterfly effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass_(sociodynamics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
This is all exciting stuff for the visionary digital thinker.
Thanks for sharing my ideas.
Lewis
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Click below to observe a nine minute video interview Lewis did with the Award winning journalist Phyllis Haynes on why people suffer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp4DtXpPBeM
Lewis Harrison is the author of sixteen books including
“Spiritual, Not Religious: Sacred Tools for Modern Times” a book of concerned with personal development, human potential, stress reduction and business excellence.
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You can reach him at LewisCoaches@gmail.com
Lewis Harrison is an author, teacher and practical philosopher
This discussion took place at a small conference at a NYC hotel meeting organized by an MPI certified meeting planner. There were panels on leadership, stress management and brain functions. The event was part of a conference on stress management.
Lewis was a presenter on corporate chair massage. His company – www.eventschairmassage.com –offered some stress management and corporate Chair Massage at the break-out sessions in NYC.
Lewis Harrison offers stress management programs throughout the United States. Part of this company is his corporate chair massage company, eventschairmassage.com provides seated and chair massage for stress management seminars and trainings as well to special events for meeting planners and meeting professionals in New York City, New Jersey Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Greensboro NC, Florida and other major meeting and conventions venues.
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Lewis Harrison speaks to organizations and businesses of all types and offers seminars throughout the world on his work on the art and science of decision making through spiritually motivated “Game Based Thinking”
He also offers private fee based coaching programs.
Call him at 212-724-8782 for more information.
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Click below to observe a nine minute video interview Lewis did with the Award winning journalist Phyllis Haynes on why people suffer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp4DtXpPBeM
Lewis Harrison is the author of sixteen books including
“Spiritual, Not Religious: Sacred Tools for Modern Times” a book of concerned with personal development, human potential, stress reduction and business excellence.
Order his book by clicking below:
http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Not-Religious-Sacred-AskLewis-com/dp/1499150547
Or type these words on you search engine subject line “spiritual not religious Harrison amazon”
You can reach him at LewisCoaches@gmail.com
Lewis Harrison offers stress management programs throughout the United States. Part of this company is his corporate chair massage company, eventschairmassage.com provides seated and chair massage for stress management seminars and trainings as well to special events for meeting planners and meeting professionals in New York City, New Jersey Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Greensboro NC, Florida and other major meeting and conventions venues.
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If you are a social networker please “Friend” me, Lewis Harrison on face book “Like” my page at “https://www.facebook.com/AskLewis/” and invite others who might benefit.
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Lewis Harrison speaks to organizations and businesses of all types and offers seminars throughout the world on his work on the art and science of decision making through spiritually motivated “Game Based Thinking”
He also offers private fee based coaching programs.
Call him at 212-724-8782 for more information.
Angeles, Meeting Planners Chair Massage, Party Planners Massage, Corporate Massage. The best chair massage in NYC, Human Potential Classes, Personal development Courses, Mental health
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