Riddles of Karma

Advaita system of thought primarily aims at the practice of regulations both internal and external at the macro and micro levels of human and cosmic actions. It is not that easy to understand the causal connection between human and cosmic actions at macro and micro levels. For ex. all the scientific explanations and theories designed by humans at various stages of development as a single race are even today incapable to explain logically how the origin of man and nature was. It is because of the fact that human intellect is limited by its own faculties. The limitations of the human faculties can never be considered as a valid reason to proclaim that anything beyond its reach is illogical and unscientific. Since we are not able to grasp the internal riddles of the causal relation between man and nature, then that does not mean that there is no relation at all. At some levels of our experience, we are able to analyse things properly by means of the well known law of causation as in the case of thirst and water. Lack of water in human body is the cause of thirst; that is why a thirsty man gets satisfaction when he drinks water, Advaita System believes that a well trained intellect must be able to understand the innumerable rhythms of causal relations between man and nature. A general name that can be used to explain man and nature is ‘karma’. It has already been explained in the beginning of this chapter that karma is an occurrence in space and time. Just like the stardom in the heaven, man also is a shining stuff, destined to live on earth. The rays of light that radiates from the eyes of a man can never be different from the glittering beams of stars above. So, the element of light, due to various reasons, can never be different in man and cosmic objects and all these cosmic objects and heaven are known by and through light only. It is that light which governs both the macro and micro world.